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ASU Alumni Law Group gives graduates real world experience
A few years back, Douglas J. Sylvester, dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, toured the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and he returned with a vision on how to stem the obturations facing recent graduates entering the legal fraternity: a shrinking pool of job offers, increased debt burdens, and lawyer skill preparedness for firms. The concept was in his words: [...]
Protecting Arizona’s Family Coalition response to child welfare proposal — real reform is missing
This week, Gov. Jan Brewer called a special session of the Arizona Legislature to consider much-needed reform to our child welfare system.
A ‘barbarian at the gate’ responds to Huppenthal on Common Core
I vehemently oppose the adoption and continued imposition of the Common Core machine on our state by two non-educators, Gov. Jan Brewer and Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal.
A wake-up call on climate change
Although the Arizona Legislature and governor continue to outright deny or completely ignore the impacts of climate change, the news for Arizona is not good.
Supreme Court’s campaign contribution decision to have substantial impact
Pundits have alternatively saluted and denounced the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this month striking down aggregate campaign contribution limits as unconstitutional. Few, however, have addressed the decision’s impact on states, candidates, and contributors in years to come.
A fond memory: ‘Kicking Butts’ at the Arizona Capitol
High school graduation is around the corner and among this year’s greatest memories is my day at the Arizona Capitol as a youth advocate for Students Taking a New Direction (STAND), Arizona’s anti-smoking youth coalition.
Arizona’s rideshare bill, HB2262, strikes the right balance
It seems so obvious now. But 25 years ago there was a lot of uncertainty about an idea of mine to create a catalog that would introduce millions of airline passengers with loads of downtime to quirky, unique products they didn’t know they needed (or, in some cases, didn’t know existed).
Saving money, improving lives – investing in medical innovation is a smart budget decision
From our nation’s capital to state houses to all of our kitchen tables, the cost of health care and health care delivery are important conversations.
Extensive study generates recommendations to expand public health system
When I agreed to chair the Maricopa Integrated Health System’s Bond Advisory Committee, I thought I knew all about Maricopa County’s public hospital and health care system.
Partisan? No, Rep. Robson is practical, effective
From outside the Arizona political process, it can be tempting to bemoan the strident partisanship that creates so much dysfunction around our state’s key issues, from creating jobs to bettering our schools to keeping our communities safe from crime.
Symbolic attempts to nullify EPA actions in Arizona don’t make sense
Arizona reached some unsettling milestones recently. The state just passed into 16 years of drought. Last year we witnessed the deadliest wildfire in Arizona history, and also produced the hottest summer on record for the city of Phoenix.
Your ‘Right to Try’ belongs on Arizona ballot
There’s an old saying that most citizens find scary, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help!” Even worse is what is happening now when the federal bureaucracy says,... […]
