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Audits Restore Faith In Elections

Oct 19, 2021

By John Fund and Hans A. von Spakovsky with the Heritage Foundation | Election audits of the 2020 election are under attack in the media. It’s easy to see why some calls for audits have drawn criticism. But audits can serve a very useful purpose. Glenn Youngkin, the...

Bulk Mail Voting Is The True Threat To Democracy

Oct 14, 2021

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | A recent cover of The Week magazine proclaimed “Undermining Democracy. The GOP’s blueprint for nullifying Democratic votes in 2024.” The article was another installment of the concentrated effort on the Left to convince Americans that...

Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ Election Manual Is Filled with Unlawful Changes – Ducey and Brnovich Must Reject Them

Oct 10, 2021

By the AZ Free Enterprise Club | Laws are meaningless if they aren't enforced, are misapplied or misconstrued. The duly elected Arizona legislature crafts and passes election bills, and the Governor signs them into law. The Secretary of State, however, is tasked with...

Arizona Audit Recommends Universal Voter ID—Just Like We’ve Been Saying for Years

Oct 2, 2021

By the AZ Free Enterprise Club | Easy to vote and hard to cheat. That should be the benchmark for every single election we have. Voters should not have to choose between having a secure election or having an accessible election. They can have both. And in Arizona,...

Surprise, Surprise! It’s Time To Go Through The Debt Limit Raising Hassle Again

Sep 30, 2021

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | Democrats are clamoring for immediate action to avert a financial crisis which would be blamed on Republicans, just because. Meanwhile, the Republican campaign conservatives aren’t showing much enthusiasm for this rare possibility of...

The Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Tax Bill Would Be Devastating for Our Country

Sep 25, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | What would you do with $3.5 trillion? It’s hard to even wrap your head around how big that number is, isn’t it? But think of it this way. 1 billion seconds is equal to 30 years, which is around the length of a career. But 1 trillion...

It’s Time For Arizona Lawmakers To Stand Up To Biden’s Dangerous Vaccine Mandates

Sep 18, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | It felt like we were heading this direction for quite some time. Well, here we are. Last week, President Biden made an outrageous announcement. Any employer that has 100 or more employees will be required to mandate vaccines. Not only is...

In These Times, We Need Our Constitution More Than Ever

Sep 17, 2021

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | These are fraught days for Americans. History is said to be cyclical but there is widespread concern that we are in inexorable decline. Our leadership role in the world which seemed secure three decades ago is under serious threat. Polls show...

Frustrated California Voters May Have Lost The Recall, But The War On Newsom Isn’t Over

Sep 16, 2021

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Frustrated California voters may have lost the battle to recall Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 14, but the war to unseat him in 2022 is just beginning. Multiple outlets officially called the referendum on removing the governor a...

Secretary Of State Katie Hobbs Is Using The Election Manual To Illegally Rewrite State Election Law

Sep 15, 2021

By the Free Enterprise Club | We should be doing everything we can to ensure election integrity moving forward. Too many Americans have lost faith and trust in our election system. And while the results of the last election are done, that doesn’t mean we can’t learn...

Border Security: It Is Time For Arizona To Act

Sep 11, 2021

By Andrew Gould | Our Country is based on the rule of law. From the rights and liberties protected by our Constitution to the statutes enacted by federal and state governments, we are a nation of laws. Unfortunately, the Biden administration has abandoned...

Money Down The Toilet In Afghanistan

Sep 8, 2021

By Rod Dreher | This sign of American decadence and stupidity in Afghanistan cannot be improved on. The Spectator columnist Cockburn reports on America’s attempt to turn a nation of medieval goat herders and Islamic hillbillies into penis-possessors and...