Paul Ryan says he is a good Catholic. He says he believes in the Church and he believes in its principles. So I'm wondering if he's gone to Confession since he's pushing a budget--a document that is the CENTERPIECE of the Republican Party's campaign for the presidency--that his Church calls "immoral." Last summer, Nuns on [...]
Remember the “mean girl” in school—the bully who thought she was better than everyone else when everyone knew she didn't have many friends because she was mean, cruel and selfish? Every time I hear Gov. Jan Brewer speak—either in person or print—that mean girl comes dancing before my eyes. Because that's how she acts. And [...]
This is an open letter to Police Lt. Mike Stauffer, the Independent candidate for Maricopa County Sheriff. Dear Lt. Stauffer: From what I know of you, I'm impressed with your police credentials and your genuine interest in giving Maricopa County an honest, clear-eyed sheriff. I think you'd probably be a great Sheriff. But unfortunately, it's [...]
Writer Aaron Sorkin has hit the nail on the head again, with his new HBO series, "Newsroom." The man who thrilled us with "West Wing" is getting inside the pitfalls and pride of news gathering in a way that makes you believe he's been a journalist all his life. His main character is a Republican [...]
In my six decades, I remember two things so clearly, I can still smell the air I was breathing those days. The first was Nov. 22, 1963. The day President John Kennedy was shot. The second was September 11, 2001. The day Al Qaeda attacked America. For the first, I was a college freshman living [...]
There are many good reasons—over 1,000 and counting--that women are overwhelmingly supporting the reelection of President Obama over challenger Mitt Romney. --Since 2010, when Republicans took control of many statehouses and the U.S. House, Republican lawmakers have introduced over 1,000 bills to control women's health. --Republicans are not only after abortion—in a nation that overwhelmingly [...]
So Republicans, who trashed the economy so bad we were on the brink of another Great Depression, want to know if Americans are better off today then when President Obama took office? There's only one honest answer to that question: Of course, they are. When Obama took office, America had been steadily losing jobs for [...]
What a wonderful day this is in America, with the U.S. Supreme Court upholding President Obama's Health Care Law--one of the most important steps forward this nation has ever done. Since the beginning, Republicans have fought tooth and nail against a plan to bring health care to Americans as a RIGHT, not just to those [...]
Secretary of State Ken Bennett: I am an Arizona constitutent, having been registered to vote here since 1972--making me almost a born-again native--and I have a request: Please stop making Arizona look so foolish and backward. Please stop making us, again, a laughingstock of the country. Please stop doing such inane things that we're being [...]
Your veto of the guns in public places bill is very appreciated by the good citizens of Arizona. And your message that you won't sign such a bill unless it has wider support--from police, cities and the public--was a very clear statement that you will NEVER sign a guns in public places bill in Arizona. [...]