As people in Arizona know from seeing the editorial cartoons of artists like Steve Benson and David Wayne Fitzsimmons, their caricatures (mostly humorous in tone) have tremendous historical and critical value. Others have as well. For example, the below cartoon from David Low at the outbreak of World War Two in Europe shows Hitler and … Read more
Senator Joseph McCarthy: “I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department. . . .” (Both in a … Read more
With 24 Democrats now running for the Democratic Parties nomination for President, debates will be starting on June 26 and 27. Per rules set up by the Democratic National Committee (DNC), potentially up to ten candidates will appear on the first night. It is possible up to ten others will appear the next evening. The … Read more
On Monday, House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler announced that he had come to an agreement with the Department of Justice for access to “some of” the underlying evidence in the Mueller Report. Justice Dept. Agrees to Turn Over Key Mueller Evidence to House: The Justice Department has agreed to provide Congress with key evidence … Read more
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) needs only one more state to ratify it before it can become an amendment to the US Constitution. Although State Senator Sandra Day O’Connor and Arizona State Rep. Sister Claire Dunn proposed ratification, Arizona is one of the laggard states that never ratified the ERA in the 1970s. Both Senator … Read more