by David Safier Lots of bands have joined together to boycott Arizona over SB1070,including Nine Inch Nails, Steve Earle, Sweet Honey and the Rock, Kanye West and many more. With my old ears that still consider Dylan's Blonde on Blonde the all time great rock album, I don't follow many recent groups, but one of … Read more
by David Safier I'm a bit late writing about this article from the Capitol Times. It's the most thorough I've seen on schools, police officers and SB1070. The bottom line is, an officer is an officer is an officer whether at school, on the street or on the highway. If a student is stopped, detained … Read more
By Michael Bryan Many folks are understandably upset that SB1070, the "show me your papers" law, will lead to racial profiling and widespread harassment of Arizonans who happen to be Hispanic. While that may or may not be true – whether that happens largely depends on the agenda and inclinations of the individual officers in … Read more
by David Safier I've spent countless hours and spilled millions of pixels covering the SB1070 story. I consider it time and pixels well spent. But occasionally I feel a pang of guilt combined with concern over my own political intelligence. Every time I focus on immigration, I feel like I'm pushing the Republican agenda. I've … Read more
by David Safier The latest from the AZ Guardian is that the Accidental Guv's campaign said she "misspoke" when she said most of the illegal immigrants are drug runners and worse. Let's take a look at the language that got Brewer in this mess and her attempts to extricate herself. Here's her original statement, from … Read more