Since success in politics is determined by addition, why the obsession with defining people out of one’s political communion?
On individual taxes, Senate plan is even worse
Why has the GOP abandoned the formula of broadening the base, consolidating brackets and lowering rates?
Social conservative obstacles to pro-growth tax reform
A letter from Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs illustrates why GOP tax reform is probably doomed, and will disappoint if passed.
Brnovich polices his own
Entrepreneurial litigation is a big problem and Arizona’s Attorney General is doing something about it.
Better our headaches than those of the autocrats
There is waning confidence in democratic governance, but it still have a resilience autocracies lack, as Saudi Arabia and China illustrate.
On occupational deregulation, watch Arizona
Nationally, the left is joining the right in seeing occupational licensing as excessively restrictive and locking out those trying to climb the lower rungs of the economic ladder. Arizona will be a place to watch to see if that matters.
House GOP tax plan has three big flaws
The House GOP tax plan broadens the tax base more than expected, but doesn’t produce the results that should buy.
A skeptical view of the Mueller investigation
Given his charge, you’d think Mueller’s first big splash would have something to do with Russian interference in the election. It wasn’t.
Justices outline a flinch on Medicaid funding
When is a new administratively set fee not a new administratively set fee?
Taking Grijalva and his budget seriously
The budget resolution of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which Grijalva co-chairs, shows where Democrats would lead the country if they regain power.