Real question is what lessons from the war can be applied to the fight against Islamic State?
Getting rid of Arpaio may require a dark money campaign
Given Arpaio’s retaliatory proclivities, who is going fund a campaign against him?
Let Montgomery and Polk argue against legal pot
Although I disagree with them, I don’t think their public advocacy should be constrained by picayune restrictions.
Getting tougher on cops and softer on crooks
Some caution is in order before abandoning broken-windows policing and incapacitation sentencing.
Arizona’s House delegation of mavericks
There are no big personalities in Arizona’s delegation, but lots of interesting voting patterns.
Obama: Worst trade salesman ever
Obama’s claim to superior negotiating skills is unconvincing and doesn’t contribute much to the debate.
Jeb Bush’s bad week
As Bush’s bad week illustrated, foreign policy might not be such a GOP advantage for 2016.
The illegal flight of ed board staffers
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?