Articles filed under Commentary
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Arizona's act of vengeanceApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Arizona's draconian new immigration law is an abomination - racist, arbitrary, oppressive, mean-spirited, unjust. About the only hopeful thing that can be said is that t...
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Arizona takes off its 'rainbow shades'Apr 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Arizona has decided that if the federal government will not live up to its responsibility to control the border, it will. Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, signed a bill th...
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Another tea party momentApr 26, 2010 11:00 pm - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Pretty soon this state will be dicey for blondes. Last week, Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill that allows the police to demand the papers of anyone reas...
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Titan over Wall StreetApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - The politics of financial regulatory reform are simple. After the meltdown and the bailout, many Americans - perhaps most Americans - are inclined to see Wall Street as ...
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Team Live Laugh Love joins MS Walk to support JodiApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Each weekend thousands of people take to the streets of our communities, walking and running to raise money for charities. Every one of them has found a cause to believe...
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In praise of cheerful menApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Hearing about a shortage of farm laborers in California, the couple who would become Susumu Ito's parents moved from Hiroshima to become sharecroppers near Stockton. Thu...
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The First Amendment and animalsApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Let me be clear at the outset: I love dogs. Not like them, love them. Of course, I love mine the best: Judy J. Estrich, Molly Emily Estrich and Irving A. Estrich. Judy i...
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Prayer and stateApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - If one tries hard enough and is clever enough, one can find a federal judge to rule on just about anything. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a group of atheists and...
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The eradication of trustApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Trust might as well be a four-letter word. American public opinion seems to have become an unguided Weapon of Mass Suspicion, and it's not hard to understand why. But th...
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Arizona proving itself to be the state of hypocrisyApr 19, 2010 11:00 pm - In the late 1990s, I took a job writing for a newspaper and moved to Arizona. At least I think it was Arizona. The place I remember bears little resemblance to the one ...