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Navigate the Path Between Idealism and Pragmatism Aug. 08, 2025
In the aftermath of World War II, Major General Barry Goldwater played a pivotal role in creating th... Read More
The Arizona Gift Aug. 17, 2019
It approaches a year since Sen. John McCain departed these earthly precincts. He is rightly missed f... Read More
Timeless -- and Wise -- Advice Oct. 06, 2018
On a Sunday morning two days before the crucial California presidential primary, hundreds of college... Read More
It's Trump's Party Now Oct. 27, 2017
"More is now required of us than to put down our thoughts in writing," declaimed Jeff Flake in his o... Read More
Character Beyond Measure Jun. 24, 2017
Americans have reason to trust in progress. By so many different yardsticks, we can gauge improvemen... Read More
Is 2016 Redrawing the Political Map? Aug. 26, 2016
Is the political map, so familiar that even non-pundits offhandedly refer to red, blue and purple st... Read More
Trump's Road Still Open Aug. 05, 2016
At stake in 2016 is the White House, the Supreme Court, the Senate and, possibly, control of the Hou... Read More
The Campaign Brings Out the Worst in Nearly Everybody Jul. 22, 2016
Presidential campaigns bring out the best and the worst in the American partisan. The nominating con... Read More
The 'Death' of the GOP Jul. 02, 2016
In 1986, some 34 years after he had first been elected to the U.S. Senate from Arizona, Barry Goldwa... Read More
Trump or Ryan: Who Speaks for GOP? May. 13, 2016
"No modern precedent exists for the revival of a party so badly defeated, so intensely discredited, ... Read More
Suicide of the GOP -- or Rebirth? Mar. 18, 2016
"If his poll numbers hold, Trump will be there six months from now when the Sweet 16 is cut to the F... Read More
One Prediction You Can (Almost) Bank On Mar. 05, 2016
Panic has become the uninvited visitor to every meeting of elected Republican officeholders. With Do... Read More
What Bernie & The Donald Portend Jan. 12, 2016
Three weeks out from the Iowa caucuses, and clarity emerges. Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic... Read More
The Goldwater Talking Point Dec. 30, 2015
In 1964, Senator Barry Goldwater lost the presidential election to Lyndon Johnson. Since then, Barry... Read More
Don't Take Your Guns to Town, Paul Oct. 13, 2015
The honor of it all aside, Rep. Paul Ryan would do well to decline the speakership of the House. For... Read More
The Winter of Conservative Discontent Dec. 09, 2012
As the white flag rises above Republican redoubts, offering a surrender on taxes, the mind goes back... Read More
Desperate Libs Ratchet Up Extremist Label Nov. 28, 2010
With the advent of the tea party movement and President Obama's recent "shellacking," the ... Read More
