ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION

Today’s news that Arizona ranks 49th in education spending is a classic example of asking the wrong question. When you ask the wrong question you get the wrong answer. Stephen Covey, in his famous 7 Habits book, says we should “begin with the end in...

CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT 101

Our constitutional separation of powers — the notion that governmental power is divided between three branches, and divided again between the state and national governments — is not irrelevant, arcane political theory. It is an essential element of...

WHAT’S BEST FOR BUSINESS

The best climate for businesses — both small and large — is one that limits taxes and governmental regulation. The Democratic Party is the Party of higher taxes, greater regulation and bigger government. I believe in lower tax rates and regulatory reform...

SURPLUS SPENDING

Janet Napolitano has been quick to take credit for reversing our state’s economic fortunes. For the last few weeks, Virtual Janet would pop out on her website and take credit for turning Arizona from deficit spending to a surplus. (Virtual Janet also kept...

HELP US MAKE HISTORY!

We remain on pace to qualify for Clean Elections funding faster than any statewide challenger ever, and faster than Janet Napolitano did four years ago, when she was the incumbent Attorney General for Arizona! I hope you will consider joining us Saturday morning as we...

SPRING FEVER

After a series of political meetings all day, and more tonight, you’ll have to forgive a former sportswriter for this brief detour from politics to note that today is a very significant day — Opening Day. Notice the capital letters. Every team is...

SECURITY MATTERS

After three-plus years of ignoring the crisis at our borders, Janet Napolitano has just noticed we have a problem. A little over a month ago, I announced my candidacy for Governor and said this: It’s easy to point the finger of blame at the federal government. But we...

UNCLEAN

Arizona Republic political pundit Bob Robb handicaps the Governor’s race in his weekly column. Robb points out that the entry into the race of a candidate who is not using Clean Elections funding is more likely to help me than hurt...

UNDERSTANDING POLLS

We are in the midst of the NCAA basketball Final Four, which seems like a good time to talk about polls. All year news organizations put out polls ranking the top college basketball teams in the country. But during the Final Four we are reminded that not a single...
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