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Well, I’ve been bouncing back and forth with some friends on Facebook asking for substantive retorts to Congressman Adam Schiff’s comments (see link below for Schiff’s statement after his GOP colleagues on the House Intelligence Committee called for his resignation) on March 28th. Basically, I really want to know if anything that Congressman Schiff said … More On thresholds of collusion, corruption, and ethical behavior: What we tolerate

Opinion meister John Stossel’s recent piece on Fox News finally let the cat out of the bag. The partial government shutdown ain’t about the wall afterall, it’s about too much government and the need to rid ourselves of non-essential public pimps (ok, my words – not Stossel’s – for those who live off the public … More The shutdown ain’t about the wall

“Don’t tell me your evaluation. Give me the facts.” Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged In light of the president’s address, I present … First, Chris Wallace’s interview on Fox News with Sarah Huckabee Sanders last Sunday in which he actually tries to get Sarah to stop repeating the same misinformation over and over again cause it … More Shutdown leverage

Our immigration quagmire is about so much more than a wall or a barrier or whatever folks are calling it these days.   This article explains some of the other key ingredients mixed up in this debacle.  http://arizonadailystar.az.newsmemory.com/?publink=0d409bfd1 The notion that building more wall will deter many from even trying to get here, especially so … More It’s gonna take more than a wall … 

Oh boy, the president’s panel on school safety has completed its report and recommendations. As this article indicates, the report includes recs to arm at least some teachers – wow, to me, that has unintended consequences written all over it – and, in all likelihood, those recs will receive most of the attention. But, it’s … More School discipline and safety

Dr Patrick Michael’s is a well known climate change skeptic who has repeatedly resisted efforts to reveal his funding sources (now, well documented that he has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from various fossil fuel industries). He continues to periodically appear on Fox News and, unfortunately, misrepresents the scientific consensus/evidence that documents rising sea … More The so called climate scientist who has the ear of our Prez

A few somewhat random caffeine infused thoughts about the Sinema McSally Senate race in Arizona, and other musings.  As of this morning, it appears Sinema will take Jeff Flake’s seat but, hold your horses, there be court challenges, accusations of voter fraud, and all kinds of shit looming that will slow the final outcome. Add … More Oh, democracy can sure get messy

Wow, the recent announcement by our new Office of Management and Budget Director, Mick Mulvaney, about the decision to eliminate federal funding support for certain after school programs because “there is no evidence that they improve performance,”  certainly contradicts everything that I know, particularly as it applies to “evidence-based” after school programs.  http://fortune.com/2017/03/16/donald-trump-after-school-programs-performance-mick-mulvaney-budget/ Having worked … More “No evidence” that after-school programs improve performance?  What’s really going on here?

Well, no one has ever said or intimated that the Arizona legislature occasionally pursues legislation that is obviously unconstitutional or based on assumptions that have little to do with fact ;-). On the other hand, heck, in many ways, it could be argued that the AZ legislature, historically, refuses to be confused by the facts.  … More Oh those paid protesters …

This is an exceptional piece.  Bret Stephens is a conservative columnist with the Wall Street Journal though this was published in a recent edition of Time Magazine. http://time.com/4675860/donald-trump-fake-news-attacks/