Someday, the NRA will look back on their disgusting behavior and realize the end came on December 14 in Newtown, Conn. Because we will never forget: --That the NRA and their Republican lap dogs opposed any limits on assault rifles and large-clip ammunition. --That the NRA and their Republican lap dogs even opposed universal background [...]
Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, has killed legisation to increase funding for a program that trains people to intervene when someone is suicidal or could pose harm to others--like Jared Loughner, the Tucson shooter. She used a procedural maneuver to kill a bill that has widespread and bipartisan support, saying she was "trying to maintain the [...]
Today as I join Arizona in mourning the loss of one of the greatest people of our time,I remember the day Eddie Basha and I cried together. It was 1994. He was running for governor. I had recently written "The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd." To my surprise, Winnie Ruth, who had secretly moved back [...]
I was thrilled Monday at the second inauguration of President Obama, and never more proud to be an America. The President so clearly held the door wide open for all in this nation as we go forward, showing his breakthrough election and then reelection was just the start. My heart soared when he cited the [...]
Everyone is talking as if the National Rifle Association is so powerful, it can't be stopped; that it can prevent the will of the vast majority of Americans--85 percent in some cases--who are demanding common sense changes to our laws on guns. Here's how toothless this tiger really is: In the November election, as the [...]
Boy, I hate to be the one to tell you, Holly Solomon, but you ran down your husband and permanently disfigured him--all because of the misinformed and misguided thought that President Obama's reelection would hurt your family. Holly, it is President Obama that will most HELP your family. Mitt Romney as President would have given [...]
I don't know if Governor Jan Brewer knows what "feckless" means, but since it's a label applied to her, she should. The American Heritage Dictionary says feckless means: "lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless, irresponsible." The word is important because it summarizes the bizarre and irresponsible response from the State Capitol to the shooting rampage [...]
For the last 48 hours, we've been fed a diet of Republican gruel lamenting that if they'd just had a better candidate; if they'd had a Latino on the ballot; if they'd be better at "communicating" with women and minorities, they'd be in the White House now. They don't have a clue. I said it [...]
Last night, the reelected President of the United States sent an email to his supporters. Here's what he emailed me: Jana -- I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank you first. I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You [...]
An interesting thought: 152 years ago today, Abe Lincoln was first elected President of the United States.