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ALEXANDER KOLODIN: Part 1 Of 4 – Arizonans Had Private Property Rights To Groundwater

Jan 5, 2026

By Alexander Kolodin | Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos. Also known as the ad coelum doctrine, it means: "Whoever owns the soil owns everything up to the heavens and down to the depths.” This includes gold, silver, oil—or groundwater—that may be...

DAVID BLACKMON: What 2026 Will Deliver On Energy Policy

Dec 31, 2025

By David Blackmon | As the end of 2025 nears, the question arises: What can Americans expect in the world of energy policy in 2026? Predicting future events where energy is concerned is always a risky enterprise. After all, if anyone could accurately foresee where,...

STEVE MILLOY: Trump Dismantles Climate-Industrial Complex

Dec 27, 2025

By Steve Milloy | The Trump administration took a major whack at the climate-industrial complex this week. It’s a fantastic move. But another event this week spotlights the need to do more. White House Office of Management and Budget Chief Russ Vought announced this...

JD FOSTER: New Data Confirm Pundits Wrong On Economy Again, But At Least They’re Consistent

Dec 23, 2025

By J.D. Foster | Guess what! Inflation, growth, jobs: Conventional wisdom from America’s economic punditry was across-the-board wrong. Again. At the year’s start the punditry predicted that Trump’s tariffs would cause a surge of inflation and would likely trigger...

AZFEC: Arizona’s Liberal NGO Syndicate Is Larger And More Sophisticated Than You Think

Dec 21, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | When people hear the phrase “left-wing political machine,” they probably think of local activist groups, paid protestors, and maybe even out-of-state wealthy progressive donors writing...

DAVID BLACKMON: Ford’s EV Fiasco Fallout Hits Hard

Dec 19, 2025

By David Blackmon | I’ve written frequently here in recent years about the financial fiasco that has hit Ford Motor Company and other big U.S. carmakers who made the fateful decision to go in whole hog in 2021 to feed at the federal subsidy trough wrought on the U.S....

AZFEC: The Green New Scam Is The Cause Of America’s Energy Crisis

Dec 17, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Our country is facing an energy crisis. No, not because of new demand from data centers or AI. Instead, it’s because utilities in nearly every state, due to government imposed “renewable” mandates, self-imposed mandates, and the...

WARREN PETERSEN: Standing In The Gap: The Senate’s Fight To Keep Arizona Conservative

Dec 16, 2025

By Sen. Warren Petersen | For years, Arizona has been an emerging bastion of conservative leadership. Recently the AZ Republic called the Legislature the “most conservative” ever. Over the last decade it has passed landmark policies and defended critical laws around...

JENNY BETH MARTIN: Trump Talks Economic Comeback

Dec 12, 2025

By Jenny Beth Martin | What a difference a year makes. As President Trump highlighted in his speech in Pennsylvania Tuesday, by any number of metrics, the economy is barreling full steam ahead. The sign he stood in front of said it all: “lower prices, bigger...

AZFEC: Katie Hobbs’ Knockoff Tax Cuts

Dec 10, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Despite Halloween being long over, Katie Hobbs has decided to spend the Christmas season playing dress-up as a Trump-loving, tax-cutting, leader of the middle and working class. On November 20th, Governor Hobbs...

DAVID BLACKMON: Trump Demonstrates Power Of Energy Policy

Dec 9, 2025

By David Blackmon | During the latest marathon cabinet meeting on Dec. 2, Energy Secretary Chris Wright made news when he told President Donald Trump that “The biggest determinant of the price of energy is politicians, political leaders, and polices — that’s what...

AZFEC: ARIZONA’S LOCAL TAX TRAP: How Cities Are Destroying Affordability

Dec 5, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Despite the noble work of Republican lawmakers over the past five years to reduce the state’s burden on taxpayers (lowering and flattening the income tax, eliminating tax on renters, and addressing taxes on food,) cities and towns...