Speak out against critics, support Scottsdale schools superintendent
After attending the Feb. 21 SUSD Governing Board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel should take pride in the many accomplishments that were acknowledged and honored in his district.
U.S. has long history of unfairly separating children from parents
The U.S. has a long history of separating children from their parents without regard for parents’ rights or the children’s welfare.
Texas abortion law unleashes bounty hunters
Some in Arizona have already praised this ruling and said we should do it here in 2022. Those claiming to be “pro-life” are not – or they would get a shot and wear a mask, oppose the death penalty, leave water in the desert, pay for maternal health care etc.
No more taxpayer money to for-profit prisons
The recent prison escape in Florence has once again highlighted the complete disaster that is Arizona’s prison industry. Yet it was reported in early January that the Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry had floated the idea of contacting up to 2,706 more for-profit prison beds though the inmate population has decreased by nearly 5,000 since 2016. This would be an extrem[...]
America’s democracy not in jeopardy
Is America's democracy -- the most successful political experiment in history -- hanging on by a thread? Many commentators think so.
Ducey denies he ordered Nike incentives withdrawn
Gov. Doug Ducey denied Tuesday that he unilaterally ordered the Commerce Authority to rescind a $1 million incentive that had been offered to Nike to locate a manufacturing plant in Goodyear.
Ducey welcomes Nike to Arizona
A week after going on a Twitter tirade against Nike, Gov. Doug Ducey gave the company a warm welcome to Arizona on the same medium.
Gowan OKs, then bars controversial group from meeting on House floor
America’s civil rights legacy has been “hijacked” by blacks, and revisionist history unfairly denigrates “English-speaking white citizens” even though they freed the slaves and ended segregation, according to a group planning a “civil rights conference” on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives later this month.
Evangelical lobby equates abortion with slavery
The head of a powerful Evangelical-Christian lobby in Arizona today upped the rhetorical ante against Planned Parenthood by calling abortion a “modern-day slave trade.”