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If Democrats adopt McCain, will they adopt all of him?

I thought something was up a few weeks ago when all our top Democratic leaders in Arizona spontaneously broke out in fond recollection of Republican...

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Why is a NY congressman pushing to end Sinema's career?

Hold it. Let me grab a folding chair and cold beverage.  I don’t want to miss one second of this. The people’s representative of the...

20.09.2023 0

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Kids do better with 2 parents. Why can't we just say so?

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19.09.2023 0

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Migrants overwhelm Italian island. Could it happen here?

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17.09.2023 10

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Thank the New Mexico Dems who defied their governor

This is how you get your country back. You get it back when good people in both major political parties begin to call out the extremism on their side...

14.09.2023 30

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Snobs back East suddenly think immigration is a problem

The beauty of ABC TV’s “The View” is that it is pure candy, a guilty diversion from the everyday gruel of American politics. Barbara Walters...

12.09.2023 2

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Democrats score a stealth attack on Rep. Juan Ciscomani

You’ve got to marvel at Arizona Democrats and the little commando raid they ran on Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani. A group of liberal activists...

10.09.2023 5

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Did Phoenix just sign up for a meatless future?

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07.09.2023 10

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Deft touch or blow torch? These Democrats are opposites

They are both part of the blue tide that rolled across red-state Arizona in the last five years.  Both are highly intelligent people.  Mark Kelly is...

05.09.2023 1

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Are states like Arizona really a threat to Canadians?

Canada has issued an international travelers advisory warning members of its LGBTQ community to exercise caution traveling to certain parts of the...

31.08.2023 2

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Masks? No thanks. As new COVID variant emerges, Americans reject mandates.

“We’re at an inflection point,” said CNN chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. More and more public-health officials are dusting off...

30.08.2023 1

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Did an ocean volcano make this summer's heat wave worse?

This year’s summer heat wave in Arizona has already killed 59 people, with 345 deaths now under investigation. Our July set a new record for the...

29.08.2023 10

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COVID variant emerges as America lifts its middle finger

“We’re at an inflection point,” CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said. More and more public-health officials are dusting off...

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One day, the GOP will know that Chris Christie was right

Remember the Republican presidential debate of Aug. 23, 2023, because you’ll never see its like again. Not in our lifetime. Generations from now,...

24.08.2023 2

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5 murdered students prove Mexico cartels must be crushed

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24.08.2023 10

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Mesa police officer overdosed on duty. That's a problem

Every major crisis has a moment that jerks people awake, that knocks them from their slumber and forces them to focus. We may have had such a moment...

22.08.2023 3

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Ruben Gallego will regret running like a D.C. liberal

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18.08.2023 3

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Where's the left's Rusty Bowers to call out the Bidens?

The American left has lavished well-deserved praise on Republicans such as former Arizona Speaker of the House Rusty Bowers for standing against the...

16.08.2023 2

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What if an ocean volcano made Phoenix's heatwave worse?

This year’s summer heat wave in Arizona has already killed 59 people with 345 deaths now under investigation. Our July set a new record for the most...

14.08.2023 5

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Ridding DEI statements is for state universities' own good

Every revolution has its excesses that must be dialed back, otherwise they poison society. The 2020 cultural upheaval that followed the Minneapolis...

09.08.2023 2

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Musk and Zuckerberg want a cage match? How Gen X of them

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08.08.2023 2

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A sportsbook at a college game? Um, that's an issue

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01.08.2023 2

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ASU faculty took on conservatives ... and won

An ad hoc committee of the Arizona Legislature held hearings this month to examine free speech at Arizona’s public universities. The meeting was...

31.07.2023 8

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Don't forget, Meghan McCain: Your dad also had a Trump problem

Meghan McCain is appalled that the 2024 Republican field for the White House won’t attack former President Donald Trump. “The absolute dumbest...

30.07.2023 7

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Don't forget: Even John McCain had a Trump problem

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26.07.2023 3

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Gov. Hobbs is 3 weeks late to join the heat wave parade

On Friday, on the 22nd day of Arizona’s record heat wave, the governor of Arizona sent a letter to the state’s power providers that sounded very...

25.07.2023 2

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If Phoenix were to have a power blackout now? Devastation

A heat wave that spans the globe and concentrates hellfire on the American Southwest is generating a lot of fascinating stories.  So, let’s begin...

20.07.2023 2

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Saudis are Arizona's water enemy, but they shouldn't be

Arizona has a problem. We are an arid state with most of our population concentrated in what attorney Grady Gammage calls “oasis cities” — the...

18.07.2023 7

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Phoenix heat is intense, but it's not an apocalypse

It’s been fascinating watching national media report on Phoenix and its consecutive days of above-110-degree heat. “Burning pavement, scalding...

14.07.2023 1

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Conservatives blame Griner. Here's why they're wrong

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12.07.2023 1

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Why our most dangerous intersections are in West Valley

The Arizona Republic published a fascinating chart along with its June 27 story on the most dangerous intersections in greater Phoenix. In fact,...

11.07.2023 3

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Naysayers are 2nd round of fireworks on Independence Day

For years the Air Force families that lived in metro Phoenix described the roar of jets at Luke and Williams Air Force bases as the “sound of...

09.07.2023 6

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Charles Barkley agrees to help students when he's dead

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05.07.2023 5

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Multiracial growth was bound to doom affirmative action

My mother grew up on a small farm in northeastern Pennsylvania. My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y.  Their ancestors were predominately French,...

01.07.2023 1

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Hobbs goes extreme on abortion because the GOP lets her

The Arizona Republican Party has been burning since the giant meteor “Donald Trump” slammed into its headquarters in 2015. Over the past eight...

27.06.2023 5

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Richer should drop his silly lawsuit against Kari Lake

On Thursday, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer revealed that he is in pain. He has been the subject of death threats. He and his wife are so...

23.06.2023 1

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ASU faculty think they must protect students from ideas

So, I’m reading my Wall Street Journal on Monday and trying to imagine the faculty twits at Arizona State University who are afraid of Dennis...

20.06.2023 1

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She warned us about legalizing pot. And she was right

“Here we go again with another diatribe by Sheila Polk and friends against the legalization of marijuana.”  — From a letter to the editor,...

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Don't look down on those fighting the culture wars

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19.06.2023 2

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Bill Barr is the independent thinker both sides need

In the latest chapter of Donald Trump, the one in which the former president is indicted over his handling of classified documents, the American left...

15.06.2023 1

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This vlogger is a threat, but not to Brittney Griner

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12.06.2023 1

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Is Kyrsten Sinema is running again? All signs point to yes.

As I’ve watched Arizona Republican Bill Gates draw the sympathy of Democrats after his PTSD diagnosis and now his farewell tour from the Maricopa...

10.06.2023 7

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Beyond the GOP: How ‘woke’ got its start in the American South

Someday when the cultural moment that many have called “The Great Awokening” is finally, mercifully, over, Americans of all races should fight to...

09.06.2023 7

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The virtual-reality origin story that powers Apple's new goggles begins in Mesa

At his sprawling corporate campus in Cupertino, Calif. on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the next leap in virtual reality – the Vision Pro...

08.06.2023 2

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Let’s vote: Back Phoenix PD or activists who hate them?

Whose values do you support? Do you support the Phoenix Police, who have looked at the soaring numbers of violent crime across the city and now...

08.06.2023 3

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When the culture war is over, the country needs to give African Americans their word back

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07.06.2023 2

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If I were a betting man, I'd say Sinema is running again

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How Target can win back loyal customers lost to boycott

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02.06.2023 2

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What Katie Hobbs needs to become the undisputed governor

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31.05.2023 1

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Why the MAGA playbook will backfire on light rail

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29.05.2023 1

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