JAN SMITH FLOREZ DROPS OUT

Another Republican candidate, retired Judge Jan Smith Florez, has dropped out of the race for Governor. Having been in this race for a much shorter time period than Judge Florez, I recognize how difficult it is to campaign for statewide office, and have great respect...

OVERWHELMING FORCE

It is rare in a contested primary for elected legislators to take the “risk” of endorsing one candidate. There are many dangers — fear of reprisals from allies of the other candidates, and concern over the effect on their own candidacies....

LEGISLATIVE ENDORSEMENTS

You don’t win elections because of endorsements. But when massive numbers of elected officials who understand public policy and leadership coalesce around one candidate during a contested primary, that is a pretty good sign. Thursday morning we will be...

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS

April Fool’s is over, right? This story cannot be true — could the U.S. government really be monitoring Minutemen patrols and tipping off the Mexican government about their location? If so, heads should roll, and Arizona’s governor should defend our...

PROTECTING THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN

This eye-opening speech by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is a welcome reminder of the need for law enforcement to actively pursue Internet sexual predators and those who sexually abuse children. I spent nearly a decade training law enforcement officials and...

FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS, THE SEQUEL

It wasn’t enough that Janet Napolitano vetoed efforts to address physician shortages and emergency room overcrowding to protect her trial lawyer friends. Now she has vetoed efforts to end frivolous lawsuits against businesses — again, to protect her trial...
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