Republicans plan on using China as a wedge issue in the election. What the country really needs is a new bipartisan consensus regarding a post-engagement approach to China.
Category Archives: State and local
Ducey should have stuck with his first statement about protests and rioting
You don’t have to agree with the premise of the protesters to condemn, and take action against, rioting and looting.
Trump’s incredibly shrinking Arizona Republican Party
In 2014, the state GOP was unbeatable. Today, it barely has more registered voters than the Democrats. The principal change between then and now is Trump.
Local kerfuffle proves Citizens United right
Who is the press these days? A kerfuffle over the origins and funding of Arizona Mirror illustrates the soundness of the Citizens United decision not making First Amendment rights contingent on the answer.
Where have all the liberal civil libertarians gone?
What happened in the Michael Flynn case should bother civil libertarians of all ideological variations, irrespective of what they think about Flynn or Trump.
There shouldn’t be specific COVID-19 liability rules
A general discussion and debate about tort reform would be useful. But creating new COVID-19 liability rules on the fly isn’t warranted.
The big risks in Sinema’s COVID-19 approach
Sinema’s approach can be caricatured as: Shut everything down. Put everyone on the federal dole.
Legislature should clarify public health emergency laws
There are serious questions about whether Gov. Ducey’s various orders to manage the COVID-19 exceeded his authority.
Ducey should move more quickly past the COVID-19 lockdown
The initial public health objective of avoiding overrunning hospitals has been achieved. There are ways other than lockdowns and shutdowns to achieve other public health benefits.
COVID-19 credit-grabbing and blame-shifting in Congress
Members of Congress, including those from Arizona, want to be perceived as doing something about the coronavirus pandemic, but calibrated so as to evade responsibility for outcomes.