Ted Downing and the Rio Nuevo Project Reauthorization

The Facts In the contentious LD 28 Senate primary race, the recent successful reauthorization of Rio Nuevo has been fashioned into a sort of political litmus test for loyalty to Tucson’s interests. Paula Aboud has repeatedly accused Ted Downing of not supporting the reauthorization, even though he voted for the final bill. This has been … Read more

Why can’t we all be Japanese?

Why can’t we all be Japanese? A very interesting essay, though a bit discursive into unrelated theological matters, introduces a major new cross-cultural study of the correlations between belief in the divine, and violence and sexual behavior. The counter-inuitive, and politically provocative, conclusion of the study is that there is a strong positive correlation between … Read more

Steve Huffman, Arizona Minuteman

So I was watching Stevie Huffman’s immigration-centric ad, and one image in particular struck me: We have Stevie, on his knees, in the dark (maybe near a lonely freeway rest stop somewhere), delicately holding a big, hard, shiny phallic object, and looking quite winsome. Then it struck me: Stevie really has become Jim Kolbe. Oh, … Read more

Peering Into the Future with Janet

Napolitano became first woman to Chair the National Governor’s Association at the 2006 annual meeting, a position used by both Bill Clinton and Howard Dean as a lanching pad into national politics. After an extremely successful first term during which Janet moved forward strongly her agenda to create an all day Kindergarden program and stood … Read more