Dividing issues with China into a competition bucket and a cooperation bucket won’t work.
Reimagining state government
We shouldn’t be electing politicians to do what should be nonpolitical, technocratic jobs.
Andy Biggs and The Revenge of the RINOs
Biggs’ attempt to deprive McCarthy of the speakership is obtuse regarding the lesson of the 2022 election.
Abortion special session would be a mistake
Hard to think of a worst way for Hobbs to gauge whether there is space for bipartisan deal-making with a GOP-controlled legislature.
Kelli Ward is a problem, but not the problem
Improving political prospects for pragmatic conservatives doesn’t start with the state Republican Party apparatus.
Biden can’t make the same election claims this time around
Trump is a weaker candidate than he was in 2020, but so is Biden.
An Election Day reflection: Can democracies do better at providing stable, problem-solving governance?
Democracies still vastly outperform autocracies. But it’s hard to escape the conclusion that they are underperforming.
Prop. 132 proponents and opponents may want to switch sides
The measure may do more to deter tax cuts than tax increases.
Election denialism is far from the whole of the issue
Trump attempted to stay in power despite losing the election. Virtually all Republicans running in Arizona participated in, condoned, or say they would have participated in the plot.
Prop. 309’s biggest problem: Voter Protection Act
The details of voting procedures, including verifying ballots, shouldn’t be beyond the legislature’s ability to reform, repair, or refine.