Reforms shouldn’t jeopardize gains in lower crime rates and livability of urban areas from pro-active policing.
Category Archives: State and local
Ducey’s coronavirus mistake
Ducey had done a good job balancing Covid-19 considerations. But he didn’t managed expectations regarding what to expect when he lifted the stay-at-home order.
How McSally can get back into the game
If McSally wants a different outcome from 2018, when she lost a U.S. Senate race, she needs to run a different campaign.
Moving beyond China as a political weapon
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.
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.