THE POWER OF GOOD IDEAS

In the war of ideas, sometimes you win small battles in the midst of losing a war. The local media narrative surrounding the anti-American elements of the 9/11 Memorial is reflected in Sunday’s story by Matt Benson: Most famously, in the months leading up to the...

THE ROAD TO SOCIALISM

Barack Obama’s outrageous pander proposal today — to confiscate what he views as “windfall profits” from oil companies in order to give us all $1,000 of “emergency relief”– is not getting nearly enough critical attention. Now...

THE ILLUSION OF “NEGATIVE ATTACK ADS”

The back and forth between political candidates over “negative attack ads” has devolved over the last few election cycles into utter goofiness. The latest ad war between Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama is typical. Sen. McCain Wednesday introduced a...

THE WAGES OF SIN

It used to be said that patriotism was “the last refuge of scoundrels.” I think that must have been before desperate Arizona politicians decided they could balance their budgets by promoting vice and lawbreaking. The latest government proposal to acquire...

MUD SEASON

No, these are not Obama and McCain campaign staffers. But in honor of the beginning of political mudslinging season, I offer up this shot from the Arizona Republic slide show of an annual event in Scottsdale called “Mighty Mud Mania.” During the early...

ONE-WAY STREET

For years Democrats have complained that President Bush and Republicans failed to “reach across the aisle” and were too “partisan” and “divisive” in imposing their agenda on the nation. But the treatment of Sen. Joseph Lieberman...

THE REALITY OF HOPE

Tony Snow, who passed away this morning, was relentlessly hopeful and optimistic — about everything — his life, his family, his country, and his God. I had a chance to have lunch with him one-on-one before he spoke at The Center for Arizona Policy dinner...

A RAY OF HOPE

Victories by Harry Mitchell and Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona in 2006 were part of a national tidal wave of Democratic votes six years into the Bush administration that helped Democrats take control of Congress. Two years later, Republicans still seem divided and...
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