by Len Munsil | Jul 29, 2009 | Blog
Years of overspending combined with a down economy has finally caught up with Arizona, in a big way. We face unprecedented budget deficits, and now the state wants to sell the Capitol building and lease it back to generate cash! Now the story has gone national, at the...
by Len Munsil | Jul 27, 2009 | Blog
Conservatives in the Republican Party in 1960 were disappointed in Richard Nixon’s choice of a moderate/liberal vice presidential running mate. Their leader at the time was Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, who famously said: “Let’s grow up,...
by Len Munsil | Jul 23, 2009 | Blog
The breathtaking arrogance demonstrated by President Obama last night was surprising even to those of us who have been critical of his policy mistakes. David Freddoso exposes President Obama’s arrogance about health care in a column today: President Obama...
by Len Munsil | Jul 20, 2009 | Blog
I’ve been busy and missed the news today, but I’m awaiting word on President Obama’s speech apologizing for the United States getting to the moon first, thereby making all the other countries feel bad, fueling Cold War tensions and exposing our...
by Len Munsil | Jul 17, 2009 | Blog
I was surprised that so few people picked up on President Obama’s admission at Tuesday’s all-star game that the United States of America is “… out of money.” Partly because he made the crack in the midst of enormous, unprecedented efforts...
by Len Munsil | Jul 16, 2009 | Blog
Investor’s Business Daily has discovered in the massive Congressional health care bill that private insurance companies will essentially be put out of business once the government takes over the industry, as many of us suspected: What wasn’t known until...
by Len Munsil | Jul 15, 2009 | Blog
Rasmussen Reports released results of a poll this morning showing that 43 percent of voters oppose the confirmation of Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, while only 37 percent favor her confirmation. Meanwhile, the Committee for Justice has produced a new TV ad...
by Len Munsil | Jul 14, 2009 | Blog
A story in Monday’s Wall Street Journal indicates that Republicans in the Senate consider Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation to be a foregone conclusion and are trying to determine what the “right” level of “no” votes should be. The...
by Len Munsil | Jun 6, 2009 | Blog
Peggy Noonan — former Reagan speechwriter turned Wall Street Journal columnist and chronicler of the Reagan legacy — has a great piece about the unveiling of Reagan’s statute at the U.S. Capitol. Summarizing Sen. Mitch McConnell’s speech:...
by Len Munsil | Jun 5, 2009 | Blog
Former Gov. Janet Napolitano was back in Arizona yesterday doing what she does best — handing out other people’s money: Napolitano wouldn’t elaborate on details during an appearance here Thursday in which she announced grants of about $59 million for...
