Al Gore’s Assault on Irrationality
July 28, 2007
I was going to write my own review of Al Gore’s book "The Assault on Reason" but I found this and simply see no reasonable prospect of improving upon it:
Pullen Your Leg
July 26, 2007
Randy Pullen, the Arizona State Chairman of the GOP, whom I dearly love and revere as a wise and powerful leader for the opposition party, recently published a very amusing opinion piece about what it means to him to be a Republican. I have taken the liberty of correcting (parenthetically) the many mistakes in Randy’s
Medicaid Documentation Requirement Disproportionately Harms Non-Hispanics
July 25, 2007
Link: Medicaid Documentation Requirement Disproportionately Harms Non-Hispanics, New State Data Show: Rule Mostly Hurts U.S. Citizen Children, Not Undocumented Immigrants, 7/10/07. In yet another example of how Republican policymaking turns out to be just dumb-fuckery in disguise, a new study shows that new requirements to prove citizenship in order to obtain Medicaid benefits are actually
Put it back on the table, Madam Speaker!
July 25, 2007
Marlene Phillips, a member of Tucson’s Drinking Liberally, finally got fed up. She sent me this, and appeals for your action: It started two weeks ago, when our congresswoman spoke in front of a group of citizens here in Tucson. A number of us wanted to know how she felt about impeachment; she replied that
Kirkpatrick Comes Out to Play
July 24, 2007
Link: Kirkpatrick Resigns to Run Against Renzi. Hooray! Finally a clear challenger for the most ethically challenged congresscritter in our delegation, possibly in the country. I suggest that Ann start with letting everyone know about Renzi’s $25,000 fine (PDF) from the FEC for diverting over a hundred thousand dollars in corporate funds into his campaign
Don Bivens Visits Tucson
July 24, 2007
As many of you now know, Don Bivens is the heir-apparent for the Democratic Party Chairmanship as David Waid steps down to pursue other opportunities. Don is a commercial litigator who recently sold his boutique law firm to Snell and Wilmer and decided to get re-involved as an active member of the Party. As a
Guest Commentary: The U.S. Senate didn’t help Arizona when it scuttled the immigration bill
July 20, 2007
Karl Reiner is a friend of this site and an active voice for a fact-based approach to the issue of immigration from Mexico. He recently published a guest commentary in the AZ Daily Star, an updated and expanded version of which is presented here. BlogForArizona published an exclusive essay by Karl in April of last
NY Tragedy High-Lights Need for Texting While Driving Ban
July 18, 2007
Link: Text-message ban for drivers mulled in NY state. The death of five teenagers in a horrific auto accident that text messages sent just prior to the collision on the driver’s phone suggests could be due to a combonation of driver inexperience and inattention due to cell phone text messaging means that there will likely
