Category Archives: Letters to the Editor
Need to learn a lesson from this presidency
What does this disastrous presidency teach us? Perhaps that when Russian intelligence agencies, the NRA (of which I’m a life member), our arcane electoral college and apathy combine, these four entities produced results that satisfied about 40% of Americans. Therein lies a deeper lesson. Our Constitution envisioned an educated and engaged electorate, but only about […]
Continue readingThanks for avoiding daily blasts from the president
As we head to the 2020 elections, including our own LD 6 elections for state legislators, I hope the media manage to report the news without giving the president endless free coverage with blazing headlines repeating his most outlandish remarks. This is in effect part of his advertising plan. It is a free donation to […]
Continue readingDemocracy fails if you don’t do your civic duty
I’m starting to hear that self-defeating refrain, “I will not under any circumstances vote for X.” It’s your civic duty to vote. No candidate is going to perfectly match your special interests, but one candidate will surely be at least slightly better than the other. If you don’t carry out your duty, democracy will fail. […]
Continue readingWith Iran tensions increasing, peace still the goal
Peace is the goal. World peace. A peaceful evening with the family. Peace be with you. And also with you. Lets give peace a chance, to quote the Beatles. It is all that I am saying. Love your neighbor as yourself, to quote the Prince of Peace. The building of a Peace Temple in Williams […]
Continue readingTrump doesn’t understand how business works
President Trump keeps calling Obama’s Iran nuclear deal “terrible.” Why so? To understand Trump’s reasoning, we need to look at some history. In 2015, despite heavy sanctions, Iran had reached the capability of building nuclear weapons. Obama was at a crossroads: Should he go to war with Iran to stop them or should he give […]
Continue readingThe current disaster in the White House
To quote former Arizona head coach Denny Green, “They are what we thought they were and we let them off the hook.” Coach Green was describing the Chicago Bears after they had just beat his Cardinals. To paraphrase this quote, one could say the same thing about Trump. He is what we thought he was […]
Continue readingTime to get Ducey to shut down gun violence
I would personally like to thank everyone who showed up to wear orange at the Coconino County Courthouse on Friday. What a wonderful turnout it was. Now our next step is to begin the dialogue with Governor Doug Ducey to begin the conversation of gun violence. My goal is to convene a statewide town hall […]
Continue readingPlenty of things could still use state money
Our state legislature has been discussing next fiscal year’s budget. There is a surplus this time, and legislators and the governor are debating how to spend it. Governor Ducey, it seems, would like to spend the surplus on increasing the state’s “rainy-day fund,” to be used in an emergency, such as another financial crisis. Some […]
Continue readingPresident has no plan for health care
Republicans and Trump are trying to strip millions of Americans of their health care insurance. Despite losing the House of Representatives over a lack of direction on health care, Republicans are still trying to derail the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, by appealing to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn it. We […]
Continue readingBetter cleaning of water preserves human health
The April 2 “Wolf’s Den” (AZ Daily Sun) brings an emerging issue to point. Dave Wolf’s call for protecting wetlands and other waters is an essential responsibility we all need to be aware of and take meaningful action to preserve. As Hopi say, “Water is life”. Maintaining water quality enables both human and environmental health […]
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