In recent court decisions, Trump won one (travel ban) and lost one (defunding sanctuary cities). In both cases, the courts got the separation of powers right.
Monthly Archives: December 2017
Is tax reform a winner or a loser?
Taxes, North Korea, Trump, and the Arizona political highlights of 2017.
Ducey puts compassionate conservatism front and center
In his annual report, there’s not much of Ducey the crusading conservative reformer who ran for election in 2014.
Some people genuinely believe in the GOP tax reform bill
McCain and Flake aren’t “putting party above country” in voting for the GOP tax reform bill. And what’s the case, moral or economic, for taking 45 percent of the next dollar anyone earns, however rich?
After Alabama, does a Trump endorsement mean anything? Will Alabama travel to Arizona?
A two-step approach to education funding is better
A group of businessmen proposes going to the ballot with a big tax hike in 2020. That puts at risk funding the schools already have.
Dark money disclosure isn’t black and white
A proposed Tempe charter amendment/ordinance and a statewide initiative requires independent expenditure campaigns to report the “original source” of their funding. That’s not always clear.
Will social media be the end of an informed electorate? Will Flynn be the end of Trump?
Share buybacks and dividends are economically productive
If companies respond to lower taxes by increasing share buybacks and dividends, the money doesn’t stay idle.
Trump’s embassy move to Jerusalem was right decision
Israel should be treated as a normal country, including deciding where its capital is located.