By Michael Bryan I recently read an interview with author Luis Alberto Urrea in the Tucson Weekly’s coverage of the upcoming Tucson Festival of Books and was struck by what Mr. Urrea said about the border wall in Nogales. It is applicable to the entire project of building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico: … Read more
Rust Belt or Sun Belt? Centrist Democrats or Progressive Democrats? People that voted for Obama twice and then Trump or those that stayed home on election night 2016? Progressive Democrats of America or Third Way? Which of the above eight doors should Democrats go through in preparing for the 2020 election? How about all of the … Read more
The House has passed H.J.RES. 46. the resolution opposing President Trump’s emergency declaration on the Mexico border, on a roll call vote of 245 to 182. Democrats voted unanimously for the resolution, but only 13 Republicans honored their oath of office by defending the Constitution over defending their sycophant support for their authoritarian cult leader … Read more
On a sparkling spring day in Tucson, Democrat Mark Kelly announced his candidacy for US Senate to a packed outdoor audience at the Hotel Congress in Tucson. “This campaign is a mission for Arizona. This is a mission to lift up hardworking Arizonans, making Arizona safe and secure, to give every family in this state … Read more
They Said the Clinton Economic Plan would lead to a recession. It did not. They said we would be greeted as liberators in Iraq. We were not. They said the Bush II tax cuts would lead to increased economic prosperity. Instead, we had the Great Recession. They said Obamacare was Socialism. It was based on … Read more