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Give retirees cost-of-living raises before rewarding investment managers
I am very disturbed with the recent news release, dated Nov. 24, 2013, that the Arizona State Retirement Board of Trustees is rewarding 10 investment managers $350,000 in bonuses for their performance in investments for the Arizona State Retirement System.
Harry Reid refuses to negotiate with House Republicans on Obamacare
The House sent multiple government funding bills to the Senate that defunded and delayed Obamacare. America doesn’t want the health care takeover. Yet Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid refuses to... […]
Energy economics say wind, solar best path for Navajo Nation
Part of the debate about how to approach pollution cleanup at the big Navajo Generating Station coal-fired power plant near the Grand Canyon has always revolved around jobs and revenues for the Navajo Nation. Federal regulators heard more on this in recent public hearings.
Being average not an option for U.S. students facing competitive global economy
Results from the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, were released earlier this week. The survey is conducted every three years to assess the extent to which 15-year-olds in countries around the world can apply the knowledge they have gained and the skills they have acquired to real-world problems. The results should be concerning for all of us.
Common sense and the Constitution should guide our voting policy
It makes absolutely no sense that someone would be qualified to vote for president but not for governor.
St. Vincent de Paul dining rooms provide more than just food
Feed. Clothe. House. Heal. That’s what we do at St. Vincent de Paul every day.
Campaign contribution limits do not violate free speech
The voters of Arizona enacted the Citizens Clean Elections Act in 1998 as an effort to ensure against corruption, provide voters with more information about elections, and ensure non-partisan, independent enforcement of election laws.
Cloak of compassion
She couldn’t care for herself. There was no family. There were loving friends but they didn’t have the skill. The need was apparent. Fear was pervasive.
A woman scorned and a website down: the intrusion of international agreements onto daily life
Bond vs. United States is already famous for its bizarre fact pattern in which a Chemical Weapons Treaty was invoked by the federal government to prosecute an estranged wife’s use of common household chemicals to exact revenge on a cheating husband and his girlfriend.
Learning life’s lessons in a disaster-prone paradise
“We’re OK,” read the message from my brother, Richard, at 4 p.m. on Nov.7. The Philippines is 15 hours ahead, so it was already Friday there, and Typhoon Haiyan had begun its destructive hopscotching across the islands.
EPA-forced rule at Navajo Generating Station would hurt Arizona economy
Arizona’s story of growth and prosperity came through access to a supply of low-cost energy and water that is now at risk. Before World War II, Arizona was a desert outpost — a stopover on the way to California. As the post-war economy blossomed, Arizona remained the rugged West.
Confronting a 21st century challenge with new academic standards
For Arizona’s economy to create and sustain high-growth, high-wage jobs, our education system must develop students whose skills thrive in a globally, competitive world.
