The Long Anticipated Ukraine Counteroffensive Has Begun
June 5, 2023
A little more than two weeks before the start of summer, the long anticipated spring counteroffensive in Ukraine has begun. The New York Times reports, U.S. Officials See Signs of a Counteroffensive in Ukraine (excerpt): The U.S. and Russia say that a major Ukrainian operation has begun. Ukrainian forces have stepped up artillery strikes and
If Elected to the House of Representatives in Arizona CD-Three, Laura Pastor Vows to Put Community’s First
June 5, 2023
The quest to succeed outgoing Arizona House Congressional District (CD) Three Representative Ruben Gallego has drawn several impressive candidates to the race. Educator and Phoenix Councilwoman Laura Pastor is one of them. A fifth-generation Arizonan whose father was the late Representative Ed Pastor, the three-term Phoenix Councilwoman started her public service career as an elementary
Laura Pastor’s Community First Campaign for Congress in AZ’s District 3
June 5, 2023
The quest to succeed outgoing Arizona House Congressional District (CD) Three Representative Ruben Gallego has drawn several impressive candidates to the race. Educator and Phoenix Councilwoman Laura Pastor is one of them. A fifth-generation Arizonan whose father was the late Representative Ed Pastor, the three-term Phoenix Councilwoman started her public service career as an elementary
SCOTUS Watch: Preview Of Decisions To Come In June
June 4, 2023
The Hill reports, Supreme Court preview: the major decisions still to come: The Supreme Court’s decision season is in full swing. The justices in the coming weeks will hand down major rulings on student debt relief, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act, with opinions in 30 remaining cases expected to be released by June
SCOTUS Watch: Major Decisions At The End of The Term
June 4, 2023
Much of the news involving the Supreme Court this year has involved the corruption of Supreme Court justices, in particular Clarence Thomas, and Chief justice Roberts’ refusal to adopt the Code of Conduct for United States Judges for the Supreme Court. Congress can pass law to do it for him. The Roberts Court has been
Governor Hobbs Releases 100 Year Groundwater Supply Report Covering Arizona
June 4, 2023
Last week (June 1, 2023,) the Governor and her team, at a scheduled press event, released the Phoenix Active Management Area (AMA) Groundwater Model and the Arizona Department of Water Resources’ latest study of groundwater conditions across the Phoenix metropolitan area. While the report’s title refers to Phoenix, the data concerns the whole of Arizona.
The United States is Not Fighting a ‘Proxy War’ in Ukraine
June 4, 2023
I have seen many commentators on the right, and now increasingly on the left, calling the Russian-Ukrainian War a U.S. ‘proxy war’ and criticizing US policy on that spurious basis. The latest is an analyst and military commentator whom I had previously respected, and whom some who share my own values might give credence to:
Journalists To Stage Walkout On Monday Against Gannett Co., Inc. – Parent Company Of The Arizona Republic
June 4, 2023
Oliver Darcy reports for CNN’s Reliable Sources, Journalists at the nation’s largest newspaper chain are walking off the job in a showdown with its CEO: The biggest newspaper chain in the country is about to be rocked by the biggest walkout of its staff in history. On Monday, hundreds of Gannett journalists plan to stage
