SB1070 Update: McCain ad rides the Death Star
by David Safier If you've seen McCain's "Danged fence" ad, which is so bad it's been laughed on Joe Scarborough's show, you should love this revisualized version.
Immigration
SB1070 Update: AZ clergy goes to D.C. to talk to McCain, others. The Star is silent.
by David Safier Why should I have to go to the LA Times to read about this? Arizona religious leaders seek delay of immigration law, bring appeal to Washington Framing the Arizona immigration situation as a "moral crisis," a group of seven Arizona religious leaders, including Catholic and Methodist bishops, descended Thursday on Capitol Hill … Read more
Anti-Ethnic Studies law: Star editorial good, Eugene Robinson column better
by David Safier It's unfair of me to compare a Star editorial with a column by Eugene Robinson, one of the finest stylists and most incisive analysts in the business. But if you only read one piece, read Robinson's beginning to end. It's brilliant. The Star editorial, Horne's mind is made up; why bother with … Read more
SB1070 Update: That should fix things
by David Safier The Accidental Guv has stumbled onto an idea to get tourism dollars flowing back into Arizona. The idea is . . . well, they haven't exactly come up with it yet, but they're working on it. With the state's tourism industry under siege in the wake of a new law aimed at … Read more
SB1070 Update: News tidbits
by David Safier Lots of stuff is happening about SB1070 in Arizona and around the country. Here are a few tidbits. Florida's conservative darling Marco Rubio was against SB1070 before he was for it. Likewise Florida Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum. Russell Pearce was for boycotts (of opponents of his 2004 ballot initiative, … Read more