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We’ve Proven We Can Keep A Republic

Nov 4, 2024

By Sean Noble | As I endure the last few months of this election cycle, REM’s “It’s the End of the World As We Know It,” has been playing on repeat in my mind. From cable networks to talk radio, from my X feed to late night TV, partisans are working overtime to...

Do Arizona Candidates Stand With Women?

Nov 1, 2024

By Riley Gaines and Sami Keddington | By now, my story is pretty well-known. I (Riley Gaines) swam against Lia Thomas (who had previously competed on Penn’s men’s team before switching to the women’s team) in the spring of 2022, and we tied for fifth place. Officials...

Abortion Vs. Miscarriage Care: Exposing The Misinformation Behind Prop 139

Nov 1, 2024

By Katarina White | The Arizona Abortion Access Campaign has engaged in a widespread misinformation campaign, suggesting that if Proposition 139 fails, women in Arizona could lose access to vital miscarriage care. Nothing could be further from the truth. Current...

Scottsdale Cannot Afford Another Failed ‘Superintendent Of The Year’

Oct 30, 2024

By Mike Bengert | Can we truly take the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) seriously? They claim to be the premier association for school system leaders and the national voice for public education and district leadership. But do they speak...

A Different Look At Trump’s Economic Plans

Oct 30, 2024

By John Huppenthal | This analysis looks at President Trump's first three years in office—2017, 2018 and 2019, the pre-COVID era—to get a more unbiased view of the policy impact of his approach. In Trump's first three years: Trump extended economic growth to achieve...

Arizona’s Legacy Media Is Misrepresenting Mesa’s School Board Candidates

Oct 29, 2024

By Dennis Liles | School board elections in Arizona are a non-partisan race, by law. In an ideal world, candidates should be focused on the well-being of students, academic achievement, and facilitating as much parental involvement as possible. That’s definitely true...

Rank Choice Voting Is Unfair And Undemocratic

Oct 28, 2024

By Christy Narsi | This November, Proposition 140, the Make Elections Fair Arizona Act, will be on the ballot. Prop. 140, if passed, would create a Rank-Choice Voting (RCV) system, where voters rank candidates in order of preference. Supporters of the proposition...

Opinion: Vote Today To Determine Winners And Losers Without Delay

Oct 28, 2024

Arizona voters deserve to know election results within hours, not weeks. There's one important step we can take to make this a reality. By Warren Petersen | We're in the final stretch of the 2024 election cycle. In just a matter of days, we should know the outcome of...

God’s Values Are On The Ballot—Why Aren’t Christians Voting?

Oct 27, 2024

By Kim Miller | What’s on your ballot is not really candidates—it’s values. God cares about governments because governments impact people—people He values. Does God want families and communities free to thrive? Does God care about rampant crime? Does...

Hubris And Power Are Real Motivations Behind Prop 140

Oct 25, 2024

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | If you can’t get people to like your ideas, change the system. That’s the clear agenda behind the Prop 140 scheme that seeks to bring ranked-choice voting and jungle primaries to Arizona. And there’s no more hiding it. At a...

Harris Campaign Takes Gut Punch From Agency They’d Never Expect

Oct 23, 2024

By J.D. Foster | Federal bureaucrats don’t get a lot of love, but there is at least one — or perhaps a small group — at the FBI who deserve your thanks. Why? Did you see the story about the FBI revising its crime data? The FBI’s original release of 2022 crime...

Tim Walz Let Slip What We Knew About The Left All Along

Oct 21, 2024

By Michael Maibach | “We are masters of unsaid words, but slaves to those we let slip out.” — Winston Churchill On Oct. 10, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was with California Gov. Gavin Newsom when he said: “I think all of us know the Electoral College needs to go....