Conservatives Jump Ship: Wick Allison

by David Safier I’ve never heard of Wick Allison before, but he was the publisher of the National Review from 1990 to 1993, recruited by no less a conservative luminary than William F. Buckley himself. Less than a month ago, Allison wrote A Conservative for Obama In D Magazine in Dallas, a magazine he co-founded. … Read more

The ‘Alaska Disasta’ gets booed by Philadelphia Flyers fans

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Philadelphia sports fans are among the most unforgiving in America (even more so than New Yorkers).  Some genius in the McCain campaign thought it would be a good idea to have "hockey mom" Sarah Palin drop the puck at last night’s Philadelphia Flyers game.  Sports fans do not appreciate politics intruding upon … Read more

Conservatives Jump Ship: Kathleen Parker

by David Safier A funny thing has happened in the post-Palin era. A number of conservative pundits are jumping ship. I guess the effete intellectuals (to use the Republican’s parlance) of their party seem to think they’re too good for common people like Sarah Palin, and they don’t want to get their white gloves dirty … Read more

My New Column at the Explorer

by David Safier Shameless self promotion edition. As of this week, I’ll be writing a regular column in The Explorer, a free weekly that circulates in northwest Tucson, Marana and Oro Valley. Emil Franzi has had the political opinion section all to himself for far too long with what I’ll describe as his eccentric right … Read more