A quiet period of small-ball politics may have some merit. But it diminishes Ducey as a force.
This session will be all about the money
For the first time in a decade, the state is rolling in dough. Budgets are actually more difficult when there is lots of money.
Government shutdown results from failure of GOP Congress
Republicans didn’t pass a budget when they were in charge. Democrats are offering a reasonable way out of the current impasse.
The last advice McSally should take
Stop taking advice. Particularly about politics. The politics of the 2020 election are impossible to figure out.
A different approach to criminal justice reform
Giving judges and prison officials more power shouldn’t be the answer.
Bigger China questions than soybeans and cars
Xi blew up the old strategic framework that guided U.S.-China relations. A trade deal will be hard to assess without a replacement.
Not that Lieutenant Governor thing again
There’s a better way to reform gubernatorial succession than creating a new, superfluous political office.
Make Clean Elections the campaign finance cop
A flawed judge’s decision should occasion a fresh discussion at the Legislature about eliminating the dual enforcement system for campaign finance.
Will climate change solve itself?
While there is no political appetite for drastic government mandates, the economy will probably naturally decarobonize, as it has been.
The tragedy of Jeff Flake
Flake’s reaction to Trump left him in political no-man’s land.