Diane Douglas won the election and has all of the superintendent’s authority, including over the staff of the Board of Education.
Neoconservatives playing dirty on Patriot Act reform
The government can have robust power to investigate specific terrorism leads without collecting and storing the telephone records of all Americans.
Dreamers tuition ruling on shaky legal ground
How can a state judge say that Obama’s administrative amnesty for dreamers grants them “lawful immigration status” when Obama says it doesn’t?
The overlooked dreamers
What’s the basis for leaving dreamers without a high school or college education behind, still subject to deportation?
Netanyahu victory robbed of its meaning
Despite complaints about the two-party system in the United States, multiparty systems are generally worse.
Fess up on Phoenix ID card
If Stanton and other council liberals want to give illegal immigrants a photo ID, they should own up to it. Don’t hide behind the canard of more convenience or less cost.
Don’t make big decisions at small turnout elections
There should be a constitutional amendment requiring cities to sync their elections with the state’s.
Nonsense arguments about same-sex marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court heard unedifying arguments last week from both sides. It’s the court’s own fault.
Arpaio hearing should stick to racial profiling
Arpaio is in deep trouble, but the judge should be careful about broadening the inquiry.
Giving up on regulating dark money
The practical obstacles to requiring disclosure under Citizens United appear insurmountable.