By Karl Reiner It is approximately 360 miles from the New Mexico state line across Arizona to the border with California. On the south side of the line is the Mexican state of Sonora, part of the territory of a foreign country. Arizona is one of four U.S. states sharing the international border with Mexico. … Read more
by David Safier How can I pass this up? Pearce is being helped in his fight against the recall effort by his buddy-in-racism, Tom Tancredo. Pearce figures he can take corporate donations, even though the state says he can't. [S]tate elections officials say Arizona law bans corporate and union donations to influence an election, and … Read more
By Karl Reiner During the nearly forgotten Cold War, the Berlin Wall was seen as a symbol of oppression. Successive U.S. presidents often used the wall as a speech site. For years, Americans cheered when brave souls managed to cross the formidable barrier to seek freedom and safety in West Germany. The wall was an … Read more
by David Safier The Recall Russell Pearce group, Citizens for a Better Arizona, is nearing the date to turn in its signatures. That's scheduled for Tuesday. To put the event in historical perspective, it will be the first time a legislator has been recalled in Arizona's nearly 100 year history, and it will be the … Read more
by David Safier The U.S. Departments of Education and of Justice have made it official. School districts may not use enrollment practices "that may chill or discourage the participation, or lead to the exclusion, of students based on their or their parents’ or guardians’ actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status." In other words, school … Read more