There’s too much focus on the corporate income tax rate. Simpson-Bowles pointed the way to reform worth the effort.
Tuition lawsuit should spur action
Arizona should have high-performing research universities, which will not be as nearly free as possible. But community colleges should be permitted to provide truly low-cost four-year degrees.
Congressional GOP to blame for budget debacle
Trump and Democratic leaders make a bad deal, but the failure of Republicans in Congress to pass a budget on time gave them the opportunity.
Trump was right to boot DACA to Congress
Congress should use the grace period Trump provided to enact standalone legislation giving dreamers some sort of legal status.
Flake’s just being true to himself
Flake isn’t kowtowing to Trump with his voting record. He’s being true to himself.
Stanton’s protest pickle
Stanton, who seems to want to be the state’s most politically correct politician, is getting pressure from his left over the Trump protests and the police reaction.
Arizona’s ethnic studies ban doesn’t belong in federal court
The Legislature shouldn’t have enacted the ban, but the rationales behind a federal judge striking it down are troubling.
Time for South Korea and Japan to consider going nuclear
The ability of North Korea to strike the United States changes the equation, for us and our allies.
Phoenix’s hotel fiasco is even worse than you thought
The consequences of Phoenix’s misadventure in the hotel business extend well beyond city government to engulf the entire state.
On Arpaio pardon, the facts don’t matter to either side
Trump pardoned Arpaio because he is an important symbol on one of Trump’s signature issues, illegal immigration. Pardon opponents have serially misrepresented what Arpaio was criminally convicted of doing.