The ballot measure has managed to stir up all the unhelpful emotions about immigration policy on both sides while doing virtually nothing substantive.
Yes on Bolick and King, No on Prop. 137
The anti-retention campaign illustrates the threat retention elections pose to an independent judiciary, but Prop. 137 has too many flaws to be an acceptable alternative.
Why is Trump botching the immigration issue?
Trump wasn’t baited into talking about hardened criminals, pet eating, and mass deportations. That’s the way he chose to present himself on the issue.
Harris’s misguided debate prep
Her exclusive focus should be on crossing the presidential credibility and acceptability threshold with swing voters, not attempting to bait Trump into an eruption.
What does it mean for the state if there is a GOP Legislature, or a Democratic one?
There’s a lot for swing voters to weigh this election, beyond which of the specific candidates put before them is the less offensive.
What does the Democratic Convention mean for the future of wokeism?
Whether sincere or not, the convention stood in rejection of the fundamental tenets of identity and grievance politics.
A theory about the presidential race
Both camps are primarily conducting base turnout campaigns. Swing voters may end up deciding based more on personality than policy.
Needed: A steady economic hand
The Fed should take a long view, and not be buffeted by the clamor over incremental changes in imprecise monthly data.
Court reform shouldn’t be partisan
A constructive discussion and debate could be productive. Biden’s broadside wasn’t.
The Arizona political divide: bomb throwers vs. pragmatists who want to govern
Hobbs should consider propounding, before the election, a center-left agenda that doesn’t scare right-leaning swing voters that she would pursue if given a Democratic legislative majority.