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Oct 2008
09^th Ilegal immigration and crime
07^th The bailout: Short-term prospects and long-term consequences
06^th Wachovia lessons
04^th The political notebook
02^nd Payday loans a bad deal that should be legal
02^nd VP debate stakes
Sep 2008
30^th A better bailout plan.
30^th How to stop 15 percent tuition increases
29^th Boehner's boneheaded move
29^th Republicans against Bailouts
28^th The political notebook
27^th McCain's potential big gaffe
27^th Prez debate: Split decision
26^th A better way of doing the wrong thing
25^th Tax measures miss mark
24^th McCain's debate gimmick
23^rd The Bush administration's terrible bailout idea
23^rd Gaming the presidential debate
22^nd Abolishing financial risk
20^th The political notebook
19^th Tweddledum and Tweddledee on the AIG bailout
17^th Perserving access to an illegal workforce
16^th Bush the protectionist
14^th The political notebook
11^th Fixing Arizona's broken campaign finance system
10^th Deficit worries
09^th Paulson's power grab at Fannie and Freddie
09^th Syline envy
07^th McCain hijacks his own convention
04^th The political notebook
04^th Term limits at work
03^rd Families aren't off-limits
02^nd The Republican problem
02^nd Gustav shouldn't short-circuit Rep convention
Aug 2008
30^th What happened to Obama's new politics?
29^th Palin? You've got to be kidding!
28^th New opportunity in transportation tax debacle
28^th Bill Clinton answers the big question
26^th Dem Platform: "We'll Give You More"
26^th Michelle Obama is the real deal
25^th Biden wrong about Iraq twice
23^rd The political notebook
21^st No white hats in Luke lawsuit duel
21^st Please, not Biden
19^th Russia is not the Soviet Union
19^th A toast to an 18 year old drinking age
18^th Scottsdale math and science school flounders
16^th The political notebook
15^th Yo, Bernanke!
14^th Real choices in Corp Com race
14^th Immigration causes global warming
12^th Stop pretending on Georgia
12^th Georgia not in keeping with Olympic spirit?
11^th O'Halleran the tax-cutter?
09^th The political notebook
07^th Dem case against Thomas hit-and-miss
07^th Dumb voter test
05^th Politicians are the real energy speculators
05^th The Dems and Paris
04^th Another federal program that shouldn't exist
02^nd The political notebook
Jul 2008
31^st Junking AIMS would be a mistake
31^st Obama's economic blame game
29^th Berliners loved Obama, but what does it mean for us?
29^th A teachable moment on gas prices
28^th Housing bill: More of the same
27^th The political notebook
25^th Easy money not working
24^th Chronicles of the Tedious State
22^nd No rescue for Fannie and Freddie
22^nd Neocons overboard
21^st A four-day work week for state government?
19^th The political notebook
17^th A breach in the neoconservative view of the world?
17^th Short-circuiting short-sellers
16^th Arizona and Ireland: Been there, done that
03^rd Obama, patriotism, and terrorism
01^st Does Arizona have one of the worst economies in the country?
Jun 2008
28^th The political notebook
26^th State budget: Bad options, bad choices
26^th Tax Twister
24^th McCain, Obama and monetary policy
23^rd Horne and the libertarian right on vouchers
21^st The political notebook
21^st Israel, Hamas and not the U.S.
19^th Mesa's angst
19^th NBA officiating: Crooked or incompetent?
17^th Judges go to war
16^th Transit's upside-down economics
14^th The political notebook
12^th Going green will be expensive
12^th The feds and Scottsdale Road
10^th Bush "lies" not the Iraq problem
10^th Free Qwest
09^th Investigate, not sue, in New Times case
07^th The political notebook
05^th War with Iran may be on ballot
05^th Governmental fireworks
03^rd Cap-and-trade harsh realities
03^rd What's wrong with photo traffic enforcement?
01^st The political notebook
May 2008
29^th An imperial governorship?
27^th Energy and housing fairy tales
27^th Obama is different
24^th The political notebook
22^nd Obama right about meeting with troubling leaders
20^th The constitutionality of vouchers in Arizona
20^th The growth conundrum
18^th The political notebook
16^th McCain and divided government
16^th AIMS as a graduation requirement
15^th A new U.S.-Israel relationship
15^th Hey George, remember Hamas?
13^th Goldwater in Statuary Hall
12^th Suns in denial
11^th The political notebook
09^th Goddard goes to the movies
08^th Obama and blue-collar Whites
06^th The Arizona education spending myth
05^th Clinton doctrine: security guarantees for everyone
04^th The political notebook
02^nd Farm subsidies for millionaires
01^st Sore winners in CityNorth subsidy fight
01^st The central bankers' hall of shame
Apr 2008
30^th The pros and costs of divorce
28^th How about some food for farm subsidies?
27^th The political notebook
24^th Arpaio proves sweeps aren't needed
24^th Leave Petraeus in Iraq
23^rd Thomas' wiretap defensible
22^nd McCain economics
22^nd Rice vs. Sadr
21^st Poor officiating ruining NBA
20^th The political notebook
17^th Why Arpaio's immigration sweeps are wrong
17^th A sourpuss for president
16^th Carter's bad form
15^th Time for ELL judge to step aside
15^th Big Biz plays Twister on taxes
14^th Mexican implosion coming?
14^th The political notebook
10^th The Iraq conundrum
08^th State guest worker program won't work
08^th Democrats and $
07^th Napolitano on abortion's edge
06^th The political notebook
03^rd A rout for fiscal conservatives
03^rd Signs of an overextended federal government
03^rd An NBA foul
01^st Let the big boys go broke
Mar 2008
31^st Ranked-choice voting a bum idea
30^th The political notebook
27^th McCain vs. Clinton and Obama on housing
27^th A kinder, gentler McCain foreign policy?
26^th Avoiding community college tuition increases
26^th Olympian hypocrisy
25^th Beyond the good news about crime stats
25^th Wrong way on autism and mental health mandates
23^rd The political notebook
21^st The wrong Healthcare Group fix
20^th Iraq lessons
20^th The Bear Stearns non-bailout bailout
18^th Obama and his pastor
17^th When electricity should cost more
16^th The political notebook
13^th The $1 billion solar bet
13^th Immigration politics, circa 1800
11^th Durability of religion in America
11^th Napolitano running out clock on spending
10^th Beer & steaks vs. lattes
09^th The political notebook
07^th Gordon: Our man in Dubai
06^th Protectionism's false premises and promises
05^th McCain runs as a conservative
05^th Legislature runs out of wiggle room on English learners
04^th Iran's answer to Khalilzad
03^rd Bush should bend on FISA
02^nd The political notebook
Feb 2008
29^th Scary inflation
28^th Buckley's full legacy
28^th A lesson from Buckley
27^th Impeach Russert
26^th Obama's substance
26^th Renzi should resign, but later
24^th The political notebook
22^nd Mecham and his enemies
22^nd Renzi lessons
21^st Law enforcement and illegal immigration
21^st Political inconsistencies
19^th Let the recession happen
19^th Kosovo independence premature
15^th Fixing sanctions law on illegal hires
14^th Phil Gordon: Would-be kingmaker
12^th Bush still a big spender
11^th Shadegg's misfortune
11^th Connerly and race
07^th What matters most in education reform
07^th Wish Romney had stayed in
06^th Super Tuesday notes
05^th Rewarding good political behavior
04^th Buckley to Limbaugh
03^rd Super Tuesday identity crises
01^st Clinton vs. Obama on health care
01^st Is McCain a conservative?
Jan 2008
31^st Should Huckabee drop out?
30^th Broken state budget processes
29^th State of union better than state of Bush
29^th McCain's false leader/manager dichotomy
28^th The Udall remedy for Not-So-Super Tuesday
26^th The political notebook
25^th Cancel school consolidation votes
24^th Clintons knock Obama off game
22^nd The presidential race: Nevada, South Carolina and beyond
22^nd Hey Ben: What about inflation?
19^th The budget: Napolitano's Pollyannas vs. Legislature's Eeyores
17^th The real recession risk
17^th Napolitano whacks at the Tedious State
16^th Romney: Winning the wrong way
15^th State of the State: grim or strong?
15^th Napolitano scholarship redistributes wealth upwards
14^th Bernanke: TMI
11^th Legislative preview
10^th Huckabee searches for a post-Bush foreign policy
08^th New Hampshire results
08^th The business community: anonymity for us, not them
07^th Goddard's tailpipe emissions lawsuit premature
04^th Iowa results: Dem race narrows, Rep's widens
03^rd Employer sanctions law an immigration reality check
02^nd What I told Iowans about McCain
Dec 2007
31^st 2008 a Dem year?
14^th Seizing the property tax moment
14^th Napolitano's budget opportunity
13^th A study on which Arizona actually does well
12^th Flat-tax Forbes
11^th Iran, nukes and the NIE
10^th Gordon still doesn't get it
07^th Romney and the role of religion in American politics
06^th The full story on Arizona and immigration
04^th Gordon didn't go far enough
04^th Ethanol and Congress' silly energy bill
03^rd Cutting homeland security grants not enough
03^rd Let housing market clear
02^nd The political notebook
Nov 2007
30^th Clinton vs. Obama on electability
29^th McCain vs. Paul
29^th Middle East illusions
27^th How to cut the state budget
26^th Cell phone economics
18^th The political notebook
16^th Dodd's the adult in the presidential debate
16^th Are the state's cops bigots?
15^th Democrats, spending and pork
14^th Homosexuality and public policy
14^th Where's the density to go?
13^th More on Arizona's reverse boosterism
12^th Mitchell the maverick?
11^th The political notebook
09^th Spending as usual in Washington
09^th Vouchers not yet in the comfort zone
08^th Kris Mayes, APS CEO
07^th Beginning of a new property tax revolt?
07^th Straight thinking needed from Dems on terrorism
06^th Border enforcement works
05^th The Musharraf reality
04^th The political notebook
02^nd Contraceptives in schools?
02^nd Are people in Phoenix really dumber and poorer?
01^st Phil Gordon, hotel mogul
Oct 2007
31^st It's all about Hillary
31^st Rangel's tax bill: The Mother of Muddled Thinking
30^th Bush should lie low
29^th Importing socialism
28^th The political notebook
26^th Rangel's pay-go handcuffs
26^th Missile defense and Iran
25^th Goddard vs. Thomas, Arpaio
24^th Gordon's tired and empty gesture
24^th Waveyard: going for the buzz rather than the bucks
23^rd Fund the futile illegal drug fight
22^nd Obama's potential
21^st The political notebook
19^th New Times vs. Thomas, Arpaio
19^th Greenspan the meddler
18^th More on police chiefs and illegal immigration
17^th The problem with Phoenix PD's policy on illegals
17^th Turkish genocide resolution recklessly arrogant
16^th The housing flu
15^th Is the bailout beginning?
14^th The political notebook
12^th Why Turkey matters
12^th Enforcing immigrations laws not that easy
11^th For performance, fund students, not institutions
10^th Romney, best and worst in debate
10^th Good-government goofiness afflicts Valley
09^th Lies my school district told me
08^th No overreaction in Arpaio plot
07^th The political notebook
05^th Time to legalize marijuana
04^th The strange world of independent political advertising
03^rd Bush finally finds his veto pen
03^rd McCain the warrior gains traction
02^nd Corp Com gets into the tax business
01^st McCain and a Muslim president
Sep 2007
30^th The political notebook
28^th McCain the warrior
28^th Are social conservatives losing interest in the Republican Party?
27^th Myanmar not a U.S. strategic interest
26^th Reservations about Jeffs conviction
26^th Greenspan wrong, war not about oil
25^th The right reason to let Ahmadinejad speak
24^th GM strike unfathomable
23^rd Napolitano has the wrong budget fix
21^st Repubs wrong on MoveOn.org vote
21^st It's not Hillarycare 2.0
20^th Time for Dems to give up (for now) on Iraq
19^th Text messaging: Do we really need an unenforceable law?
19^th Horne gilds lily on student achievement
18^th Fed takes a big risk
17^th Liberal vs. conservative brain = gullibility
16^th The political notebook
14^th Bush's illusion
14^th Fiscal conservatives need to get into muni game
13^th Cleaner cars, cause Napolitano says so
12^th Believing Petraeus not enough
12^th Taxpayer apathy prevails
11^th Anbar vs. Basra
10^th Iraq is not a matter of honor
09^th The political notebook
07^th Progress in Mexico?
07^th Fred Thompson enters the race
06^th Another Ron Paul debate moment
05^th Clinton promises not to fix Social Security
05^th Iraq and Vietnam: The right lessons
04^th Gordon in denial about crime
02^nd The political notebook
Aug 2007
31^st Go ahead and pass Prop. 3
30^th Put Social Security into the immigration enforcement game
29^th Maybe the Iraqis will ask us to leave
29^th Gonzales's resignation and rule of law (expanded)
28^th The Welfare State and flood insurance
27^th Gonzales' resignation and the rule of law
26^th The political notebook
24^th Phoenix City Council raises too much
24^th Rolling in dough, cities want more of yours
22^nd Napolitano choose right date for presidential primary
22^nd Bernanke will find the stock market a tough beast to ride
21^st The U.S. Sunni fixation in Iraq
20^th Sheriff Joe stiffs the West Valley View
19^th The political notebook
17^th Interest rate cut isn't the answer
17^th State high court moving in right direction
16^th Spy satellites for domestic use
15^th Restricting Chinese imports isn't the answer
15^th Rove and the failure of big-government conservatism
14^th No draft
13^th Democrats and the gay debate
12^th The political notebook
10^th Would you want your self-evaluation to be a public document?
10^th The beginning of the end of the idioic tax incentive game?
09^th A more rational way to choose presidential nominees
08^th Can we send the parents to detention?
08^th Obama right about al-Qaida
07^th Knot tightens on illegal hiring
06^th Good for Giuliani
05^th The political notebook
03^rd Politicians and the mortgage markets
03^rd A new property tax revolt brewing?
02^nd What does Murdoch see in the Wall Street Journal?
01^st More surveillance, more oversight needed
01^st Middle class health care paid by the poor
Jul 2007
31^st Phoenix loses tax incentive game
30^th Peace through arms in the Middle East?
29^th The political notebook
27^th Dems at plate on surveillance
27^th If Iraq is al-Qaida's central front, does that make it ours as well?
26^th Newt and the pygmies
25^th Obama vs. Clinton on summitry
25^th Chronicles of the Tedious State
24^th Business case against worker verfication system imploding
23^rd A role for censure in American politics
22^nd The political notebook
20^th Illegal workers in Arizona
19^th Homeland security funding scramble unseemly
18^th Political consequences of Senate slumber party
18^th Surge, then get out
17^th A realistic view of Russia
16^th Instability and the Pakistani nukes
15^th State revenues more a mystery than a worry
13^th Business immigration law ignorance or con job?
13^th Who gets to sue to stop unconstitutional actions?
12^th Renzi the Spender
11^th Is there a new Arizona property tax revolt brewing?
11^th Planning conceit alive and well in Pinal County
10^th Too early to panic on state budget
09^th What it means when docs are terrorists
08^th The political notebook
06^th Bring Hill off the bench
06^th Shadegg the Amnesty Slayer?
05^th Libby commutation rough justice
04^th Losing the birthright of individual rights
03^rd McCain's strategic mistake
02^nd More no-summit summits
01^st The political notebook
Jun 2007
29^th Bad trends for public officials
29^th Further confusion on free speech
28^th Immigration reform will return
27^th Napolitano has boxed herself on employer sanctions
27^th Protecting a newspaper from its owner?
26^th Watch the money in Goddard-Arpaio gambling tiff
25^th Preserve a "mushroom" building?
24^th Reduce state spending limit
22^nd Palestine: Where foreign policy theories go to die
21^st An employer sanctions bill worth having
20^th Guest worker proposal flawed
19^th Misplaced economic growth priorities
18^th Dems, fuel-efficiency and consumer preferences
17^th The political notebook
15^th Learning not to learn in the Middle East
15^th Flying blind on education
14^th Memo to Meese: Work Verification is the Real Fence
13^th Reid and the immigration debate
11^th The lost art of political humor
03^rd The political notebook
01^st Iraq and the Korean model
01^st Wait on state sanctions for illegal hires
May 2007
31^st Carter vs. Bush
30^th Work eligibility verification is the real fence
30^th Who wants to party with David Brooks?
29^th Enforcement immigration approach rejected by Senate
27^th The political notebook
25^th Bush's lip service on controlling spending
25^th Edwards still not thinking clearly about Iraq
24^th Guest worker reduction makes good bill better
23^rd Should McCain resign?
23^rd Death: The irreversible penalty
22^nd Pullen the potentate
21^st Republican principles arrested by COPS
20^th Immigration compromise is about the future, not the past
18^th Earmarks and secrets
18^th Paul vs. Giuliani on 9/11
17^th Immigration compromise probably won't change much
16^th Gordon's refreshingly stale speech
16^th Giuliani and social conservatives
15^th Dickens on Amare suspension
15^th Republicans, Democrats and gas prices
14^th The Democrats' swing-district Iraq dilemma
13^th The right immigration compromise
11^th Do we need a consoler-in-chief?
11^th Stopping municipal tax-giveaways
10^th Bush's Iraq war budget games come home to roost
09^th Abolish the grand jury system
09^th Knowledge vs. speculation on global warming
08^th Race and school discipline
07^th Don't expect much help from Sarkozy
06^th State budget: Not much worth fighting over
04^th Unjustified sweetening of the tuition tax credit
04^th Beyond Tenet's wounded pride: The real lessons of Iraq
03^rd Iraq should repudiate Saddam's debts
02^nd State budget games
02^nd The Renzi rules
01^st The real mission was accomplished
Apr 2007
30^th Race and traffic stops
29^th The political notebook
27^th Even corrupt public officials deserve some privacy
27^th Obama's foreign policy delusions
26^th An old Iraq policy: live and let live
25^th Barkley and Barbosa's butt
25^th J.D.'s political future
25^th Paying for pollution
24^th Horne's intriguing critique of NCLB
23^rd The tragedy of Boris Yeltsin
22^nd The political notebook
20^th The meaning of Virginia Tech
19^th More Mundell, Proposition 100
18^th Hershberger the bully?
18^th The best case for McCain
17^th Gang bill unlikely to mean much
16^th Photo radar: Law enforcement or revenue source?
15^th The political notebook
13^th McCain wrong on Iraq
12^th Not yet time to turn Prop. 100 page for Mundell
11^th McCain restarts his presidential campaign
11^th The need for a public discussion about religion
10^th Who was Bush trying to convince?
09^th Tempe shows why property valuation limit needed
08^th The political notebook
06^th Skilled immigration a different story
06^th Supreme Court gets greenhouse gases decision right
05^th Pelosi's foreign policy
04^th Mexican pension reform
04^th Napolitano's team needs to get better on defense
03^rd What's going on in Iran?
02^nd The real mistake in the vets' home flap
01^st The political notebook
Mar 2007
30^th What's up with consumer spending?
30^th An unprecedented spending spree
29^th Take another Bernanke
29^th Don't end AIMS
28^th Who really supports the troops?
28^th Napolitano hunkers down on vets' home
28^th More twisted logic in English learner lawsuit
27^th Napolitano and gas prices
26^th Unwitting argument for ending retail subsidies
25^th The political notebook
23^rd What's next on Iraq?
23^rd What really makes the Arizona economy tick
22^nd Edwards: I don't get it
21^st The foreign policy notebook
21^st On prosecutor flap, start with Bush's offer
20^th Some positive signs in Mexico
19^th Pastor, Grijalva get it right
18^th The political notebook
16^th Forget principle, my cell phone doesn't work
16^th What the OIG really found
15^th Apparently the FBI doesn't care what we read
14^th Wages tell the tale on illegal immigration
14^th State research dollars chasing each other
13^th Federal spending: everything old is new again
12^th Not so fast on Clean Elections reform
11^th The political notebook
09^th Get rid of the ethanol tariff
09^th No fed money for KidsCare expansion
08^th KidsCare, tuition tax credits and logic
07^th Gore's movie vs. IPCC
07^th More Libby: A fall guy for what? No pardon.
06^th Reservations about Libby's conviction
05^th Mortgage fraud: Let the big boys take care of themselves
04^th The political notebook
02^nd Missile defense in vogue in Europe
02^nd From Greenspan the oracle to Bernanke the mechanic
01^st What if kids don't want to be engineers and scientists?
Feb 2007
28^th Mendacious bellyaching on state-shared revenues
28^th Getting out of Iraq the right way
27^th The truth about education funding in Arizona
26^th Liberals and HOV toll roads
25^th The political notebook
23^rd Fiscal conservative priorities
23^rd A compromise on public lobbyists
22^nd Clinton: The cost of no apology
21^st Sell Sky Harbor
21^st Death penalty impractical
20^th Dems get on track regarding Iraq
18^th The political notebook
16^th For economic anxiety, take a Bernanke
16^th No deal better than bad deal with North Korea
15^th China meddling
14^th Vote on photo radar
14^th All-day kindergarten flunks
13^th The dollar coin: make us like it
12^th Mickelson off the couch
12^th The political notebook
09^th Who should pay the cost of compassionate for abuse victims?
09^th Bush budget deserves better than being DOA
08^th Is Romney the real thing?
07^th How to move ahead on global warming
07^th Don't sing those prison blues
06^th Bush should butt out on traffic congestion
05^th Clinton uses Kerry defense on Iraq
04^th The political notebook
02^nd Eliminating oil subsidies or raising taxes?
02^nd Health care for all
01^st Biden's blunder
Jan 2007
31^st Goddard's wire transfer seizure defense
31^st Horne looks beyond fundamental education challenge
30^th Ethics reform: wiffleball politics
29^th More bioscience hype
28^th An early look at 2008
26^th State of the Union
26^th Well done Michael Grant
25^th Cash-back mortgage fraud: Should there be a law?
24^th Democrats on their best behavior
24^th Facing the practical limits of education reform
23^rd Another Iraq doomsday scenario
22^nd McCain and the Independents
22^nd A modest Voter Protection Act reform
21^st The political notebook
19^th Clean Elections propaganda
19^th The state of freedom in the world
18^th Should Stern and Oprah have the same boss?
17^th Playing the Iran card
17^th One amendment or two?
16^th Did the Dems win CD 1?
15^th The political notebook
12^th Arizona Supreme Court cleans up
12^th Congress should put an end to Iraq engagement
11^th To get your money, prove that you aren't a crook
10^th It's raining, build a road
10^th Napolitano's State of State highly Clintonesque
09^th Chavez: A good bad example?
08^th Napolitano's plans: Do they matter?
07^th Room for tax cuts
05^th Tyson and drug laws
05^th The political notebook
04^th Napolitano inaugural hits mark
03^rd Border security works
03^rd No more troops
02^nd Ford and the neocons
Dec 2006
17^th The political notebook
15^th Real realism in Iraq and the Middle East
14^th More math
13^th Crow's big bet on Erickson
13^th An agenda for the legislature
12^th Walking the fiscal conservative walk
11^th ALEC, Jefferson and tobacco
10^th Political Notebook
08^th Mistakes of the Iraq Study Group
07^th Race and schools
06^th For competitive elections, a June primary
06^th Arizona's crime problem
05^th The Bolton paradox
04^th Day laborers and the rule of law
03^rd The political notebook
01^st Currency markets on the couch
01^st Separation of court and school
Nov 2006
30^th Expect Napolitano retreat from prison vow
29^th Failure in Iraq?
29^th Tax cuts? What tax cuts?
28^th Fighting where the enemy really is
27^th McCain memo to O'Connor
23^rd Friedman's real legacy
Jan 2006
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