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TOM PATTERSON: News Flash: Free Trade Is A Good Thing

Mar 29, 2025

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | President Trump, by his own declaration, loves tariffs. In fact, tariff is his “favorite word.” Tariffs purportedly produce funds, “billions and billions, more than anybody has ever seen before,” which can be used for essential spending or to...

AZFEC: Corporate Media Joins Hobbs And The Radical Left In Their Latest Attack Against School Choice

Mar 28, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and the Radical Left have made it clear that they want to dismantle school choice in our state. Despite getting trounced in November’s election where teachers’ unions and other anti-school...

MONICA YELIN: The Truth About Modern Racism: How Some Are Exacerbating Division And Trivializing Real Cases

Mar 25, 2025

By Monica Yelin | Is DEI a good thing? Is being Hispanic an accomplishment? We must challenge these prevailing narratives and advocate for a more empowering discourse. In today’s America, the conversation around racism has been hijacked, not by those who genuinely...

RON PAUL: DOGE Is Necessary Shock To System DC Swamp Has Long Feared

Mar 20, 2025

By Ron Paul | One of, if not the, highlights of President Donald Trump’s first months in office has been the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by entrepreneur (and the world’s richest man) Elon Musk. Under Musk’s leadership, DOGE has not just exposed...

AZFEC: Arizona Cities Continue Opposing Tax Cuts Despite Years Of Windfalls From The State

Mar 19, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Every time the Republican-controlled legislature considers cutting taxes, the biggest obstacle is the taxpayer-funded lobbyists representing cities, towns, and counties. They come down to the legislature year after year accusing...

TOM PATTERSON: Trump Delivers Unwanted “Help” To Our Friends

Mar 15, 2025

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | When Donald Trump assumed the presidency, two allies of the U.S., Israel and Ukraine, were mired in bloody wars with ancient enemies. Both desperately needed more military aid in the effort to defeat their heavily armed foes. Biden had...

WARREN PETERSEN: Dem Governor Seems Hellbent On Making Arizona’s Election Counting Laughing Stock Of Nation

Mar 14, 2025

By Warren Petersen | Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a commonsense bill that would have allowed our state to provide voters with same-day election results, moving us further away from the disastrous reporting system that is found when California voters go...

AZFEC: Lawmakers Need To Hold Hobbs’ Feet To The Fire Over Latest Financial Scandal

Mar 12, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | If the Hobbs administration has proven itself to be uniquely skilled at anything over the past two years, it’s incompetence and negligence. But now, Arizona’s governor has taken the next step toward outright fraud. As a part of...

STEPHEN MOORE: Want To Soak The Rich? Tax Elite Universities’ Prized Endowments

Mar 11, 2025

By Stephen Moore | Republicans are searching for ways to “pay for” their tax cuts. Democrats want the rich to pay more tax. Here’s a solution that should make everyone happy. House Ways and Means Committee chairman Jason Smith is suggesting a tax on the $840 billion...

MIKE BENGERT: SUSD Assistant Superintendent Equates Students’ Academic Performance To Playing Basketball

Mar 8, 2025

By Mike Bengert | At the Scottsdale Parent Council (SPC) meeting in February, Dr. Cindy Bochna, Director of Assessments and Accountability, and Ms. Lea Mitchell, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services from Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) gave a...

AZFEC: Cost Analysis Shows The APS Plan To Go Net Zero Would Cost Ratepayers Billions And Lead To California-Style Blackouts

Mar 7, 2025

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | From the Paris Climate Accords, to the Green New Deal (in the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,”) the global “Net Zero” agenda has been steaming ahead at full speed. And it hasn’t been just in the form of government mandates....

STEPHEN MOORE: It’s About Time A President Cut Loose Deadweight In Government Workforce

Mar 5, 2025

By Stephen Moore | All of Washington is acting like their hair is on fire with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) requirement that federal employees list what they accomplished. Many are acting like they don’t know the answer and they want to phone a...