Another View of Arizona’s Bizzaro World GQP-Controlled Legislature
Update to Days After A Massacre Of Fourth Graders, Arizona Senate Republicans Kill Democratic Attempt For A Background Checks Bill. Fernanda Santos writes in an op-ed at the Washington Post, What the Arizona GOP’s response to Uvalde reveals: Republican legislators in Arizona have offered more than thoughts and prayers to the innocent victims massacred in … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: Low Hanging Fruit Opinion Day
The Court began the day with 33 outstanding cases to be decided, well behind the curve for announcing opinions this late in the year. And then there were 30. A cursory review of the Order List today did not have anything that jumped out at me as particulalry interesting. The first opinion was Siegel v. … Read more
Democracy is Under a Full-Blown Attack
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A Democratic Majority Will Create a Stable Democracy
We are in a struggle to protect our democracy. This is a global struggle, not just in Arizona or the United States. It’s worldwide, and we cannot fail to recognize that and respond accordingly. Here’s a brief history lesson. Republics have been around since the days of the ancient Greek city-states, or Rome, just before … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of June 5, 2022
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. Political … Read more
The Poor People’s And Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly And Moral March On Washington And To The Polls
The Poor People’s And Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to The Polls, in Washington D.C., on Saturday, June 18. Gather at 9:00 a.m., begins at 10:00 a.m. RSVP to get on a bus to Washington, D.C. at the web site. Sign up to be a mobilizing captain at the web site … Read more
How do we explain losing control of our bodies?
In 2005 I worked in Egypt on a project regarding the exporting of flowers and flower essences. The problem was that the males were jealously guarding the export gateway which is the most lucrative. Women had many acres of land in flowers and the best flower essences. Yet they could not break into the … Read more
