There’s a wide range of policy options between lockdowns and herd immunity.
Category Archives: International and national
To protect against wildfires, revive logging
A Goldwater Institute report praises Arizona’s collaborative consensus approach to forest management, but it’s not getting the job done.
Biden vs. Trump on COVID
Trump fits into the emerging consensus, by default rather than design. Biden’s plan is stuck in a time warp, where it’s still March, 2020.
Judges are putting confidence in the election at risk
All over the country, including Arizona, judges are changing the election rules at the last minute. That creates an explosive possibility.
Misreading Barrett on Obamacare
Conservative judicial principles dictate upholding Obamacare as currently constituted, without the individual mandate.
McSally ducks pre-existing conditions debate
McSally is right that her position on covering people with pre-existing health conditions has been unfairly distorted. But she puts the blame in the wrong place.
GOP is playing with judicial dynamite
When it comes to considering a Supreme Court nominee in an election year, the hypocrisy is rank and thoroughly bipartisan.
Trump vs. Biden on wildfires
Forest management will immediately reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. Climate change measures won’t. Trump has the better part of this argument.
On China, neither Trump nor Biden have it right
Xi’s China is fundamentally different. Neither the Trump nor Biden approach fully responds to that.
Prop. 208’s huge economic gamble
The Invest in Ed ballot proposition would give Arizona the ninth highest individual income tax rate in the country. That’s not encouraging company to be joining.