by David Safier On the one hand, I'm pleased to see the Star ran a front page article questioning the Republicans' claim that the Health Care law will cost jobs. On the other hand . . . The Star headline is Health law effect on jobs is unclear Unclear? Well, yes, no one has a … Read more
by David Safier Brewer's I'll-say-whatever-fits-the-moment style of politics is well known. Here's an example that bears repeating on inauguration day. (I'm not the first to blog about this. Craig was all over it weeks ago). The Capitol Times laid this out clearly. When Brewer was questioned about her decision to deny transplants to Arizonans, she … Read more
by David Safier Anyone else see a pattern here? As I posted earlier, when Howie Fischer wrote an article about Pearce and Adams raising the specter of people on the Redistricting nominating committee being anti-Christian, he didn't bother to ask any Democrats to comment. And Democratic legislators had plenty to say. Today, Fischer has an … Read more
by David Safier This made page 20 in today's NY Times, which is fine, since it's a New York paper writing about Arizona. But for Arizona, it's a front page news story — or it should be. The argument by Brewer, et al, that the transplants denied state funds don't work has been debunked. If … Read more
by David Safier David Leonhardt, writing in the NY Times, describes some of the 20th century yelling and screaming over every expansion of the safety net. He begins with a who-said-this quote which happens to be Reagan's statement against Medicare in the 1960s: “We are against forcing all citizens, regardless of need, into a compulsory … Read more