DeBolske, who passed away this week, had a greater influence on the development of the modern Phoenix metro area than any other figure in our history.
Flake, McCain and the demise of Mitchcare
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell surprisingly concocted an Obamacare replacement, call it Mitchcare, that was actually worth passing.
Sheriff Joe should get a jury trial
The U.S. Constitution couldn’t be plainer, and the case has some twists a jury, not a judge, should weigh.
U.S. sleepwalked into North Korean threat
The problem with seeing national security threats everywhere is that the real ones don’t get the attention they merit.
Pull the plug on an Obamacare replacement and do these three things instead
GOP leaders don’t have the votes, and their alternatives aren’t any better. So, pull the plug on an Obamacare replacement and adopt these three more limited measures instead.
Justices treat property rights as second class
In Murr v. Wisconsin, even the dissenters fail to give property rights the stature intended by the founders. Fortunately, Arizona voters have.
Medicaid hysteria is overwrought
The actual likely effects of GOP Obamacare replacements on Arizona’s Medicaid program don’t justify all the hysteria.
Phoenix should fix its structural deficit
By deferring pension payments, the City of Phoenix is kicking a structural deficit down the road and making it bigger.
GOP attempts too much in Obamacare replacement
Congressional Republicans should have considered fixing the individual health insurance market and Medicaid reform separately.
Sense and nonsense about in-state tuition for Dreamers
Small differences in reasoning in the recent Arizona Court of Appeals decision can have big consequences for how much Dreamers have to pay in tuition.