The Arizona Republic recently announced it was abandoning local editorials and opinion pages. What a shame. In years past the Republic, Phoenix Gazette and Scottsdale Progress joined the likes of the Glendale Star, West Valley View and many others to provide robust commentary on matters of local import. The Arizona Progress & Gazette has been launched with names from the … Read More
Voter Registration Trends vs. Left-Wing Talking Points
Watch TV news, read newspapers, and listen to any liberal politician or consultant, and they will tell you that Arizona’s growing Hispanic population is turning Arizona from red to purple and will eventually turn it blue. They believe it is inevitable because their liberal ideology presumes that demographics determines ideology and voters will vote in a manner that can be … Read More
I Probably Agree With Your Bumper Sticker, but 90 Make You Look Crazy
Little offends me more than a Prius with the bumper sticker, “OBAMA: 2008”. It’s not “cool vintage” like your Billy Idol cassette tape. It reminds me of milk that has expired. Or wearing white heels after Labor Day. And although the Coexist bumper sticker makes you look like a Whole Foods shopping hippie, what REALLY grinds my gears… is when … Read More
Scottsdale City Council Endorsements One Year Out
In 2014 three seats on the Scottsdale City Council will be up for grabs, those of incumbents Dennis Robbins and Linda Milhaven and that of the loquacious voice of yesteryear, Bob Littlefield. Littlefield is term-limited, and considering a run for the Arizona State Legislature. We can dispense with the need for interviews and candidate debates when it comes to endorsements … Read More
Business vs. Beyonce
Hey Millennials, Wake the Expletive Up! If Obama were Kenny G, we’d be that luscious sax, and we’re being played. Hard. It started with the hip campaign posters. Hope. Change. It looked like the kind of graffiti you’d see on Skid Row when you missed a turn or three in Downtown LA. So edgy. So unexpected for a Presidential Candidate! Then … Read More