State budget odds and ends: Ducey sidesteps prickly Diane Douglas and undercuts his argument for Prop. 123.
Ducey’s budget is excessively and unnecessarily austere
The state shouldn’t plan on a $1.6 billion cash reserve and programs that never recover from the recession.
Ducey’s California dreamin’
Arizona’s rise doesn’t come from California’s demise, or vice versa.
Phony GOP tough talk on Iran
Tough talk, but no specifics, from GOP presidential contenders about Iran taking our sailors captive.
Answering Obama’s questions
In the State of the Union, Obama gave the country some homework after he leaves office, propounding four questions to be answered. Here are my answers.
Hell’s bells, where’s our Hellfire?
The Obama administration should have required the return of the missile as part of the normalization negotiations.
Ducey can brag but shouldn’t distort on state finances
Observations about Ducey’s State of the State address: Ducey showed leadership on the budget, but deep deficits weren’t the result of other failed politicians; the sharing economy ain’t the next big thing; Ducey has lost his way on education finance reform.
What APS is missing
The Arizona Corporation Commission was intended to protect captive ratepayers against monopoly providers.
Doug Ducey, conservative fighter
Ducey’s combative tone in the State of the State probably surprised many. It shouldn’t have.
Cruz defies the Iowa ethanol pander
If Cruz can win Iowa while opposing the ethanol subsidy, that would be big.