Ducey’s management of Covid-19 reveals that the state’s emergency powers laws need an overhaul.
Title 42 shouldn’t be part of the immigration debate
It’s fair for Republicans to use immigration as an issue against Biden and Democrats. But misusing a public health measure for immigration control shouldn’t be part of it.
What the high court actually said about Arizona’s proof of citizenship requirement
Contrary to claims, the court never said that Arizona couldn’t enforce its state law requiring proof of citizenship for new registrants.
Brnovich takes a powder on GOP election lawsuits
Brnovich has stood tall on one point of principle: defending state laws against legal challenges. Not anymore.
The need to reorient American foreign policy after Ukraine
The Russia-China authoritarian alliance shrinks the purportedly necessary trade-off between our interests and our values.
The rise of the populist right in the GOP
The dominant populist right doesn’t have the same respect for, and deference to, free markets as the diminished small government, free market conservatives. Examples from the Arizona Legislature.
To give a big boost in K-12 funding a chance, put the vitriol on pause
Despite justifiable hard feelings on both sides, there remains an opening for a grand bargain on income tax rates and school funding.
The unintended consequence of the so-called academic transparency bill, SB 1211
It will do more to sterilize classroom teaching, particularly in high schools, than inform parents.
On earmarks, Sinema and Kelly are no McCain and Flake
With $30 trillion in debt, what’s the federal government doing funding traffic lights and local jail air conditioning?
The limits on U.S. support for Ukraine
The risks to the United States from more direct intervention on behalf of Ukraine are impossible to assess. Staying within the mainstream of the European concensus, as the Biden administration has done, is the right course.