Holding that the Sports Authority’s car-rental tax was unconstitutional would have created a mess.
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Trump’s emergency border declaration should not stand
Trump isn’t trashing the Constitution. But he is circumventing Congress and misusing his emergency powers.
VA bill a bipartisan overstep
Arizona’s entire House delegation signs on to a bill giving them greater leverage over veterans’ health care. It’s a bad idea.
Trump is no isolationist
Trump is not retreating from the world, as his actions in Venezuela, and elsewhere, illustrate. It’s just that his foreign policy doesn’t fit the familiar constructs.
NC ballot fraud lessons for AZ
Fraud in North Carolina’s absentee ballot program should put an end to the debate over ballot harvesting in Arizona.
Bernie Sanders has already won
He probably won’t be the nominee, but the nominee will be running on the Sanders agenda.
Voucher bills don’t defy voters’ will
Some of the voucher bills are good, some bad. But none violate the will of voters expressed in the defeat of Prop. 305.
Revealing budget votes by Lesko and Gallego
Despite funding for a border wall, Lesko votes against the budget deal and Gallego votes for it.
Moving beyond the two-party system
The two-party system locks out candidates whom voters might prefer.
Phoenix mayor’s race an intramural game
Neither Gallego nor Valenzuela is likely to shake up city hall, which needs it.