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Medicare Ads and Other Inane Policies
By Dr. Thomas Patterson | We’ve all seen them, the Medicare TV ads exhorting seniors to apply for enhanced benefits. Government appears to be coaxing often reluctant retirees into greater dependence. But this is a colossally bad idea, even for those of us who support...
Arizona’s Establishment Media Proves to Be a Failure in Its Coverage of the Scottsdale School District Scandal
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Another school district scandal went viral last week. This time, it was in Scottsdale. But there’s a good chance that you didn’t hear about it from Arizona’s establishment media. Because once again, they were late to the party. In...
Maricopa County’s Bond and Override Election Results Should be a Wake-Up Call to Teachers’ Unions
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | People are fed up. And parents, in particular, are frustrated with school boards across the state. Now, they are starting to speak up. But it’s not just with their voices at local school board meetings. Last week, they spoke up at...
Race Baiters Are Trying To Divide Us
By Dr. Thomas Patterson | Americans are barraged with messaging from left-wing politicians and their supportive media informing us we are a fundamentally racist nation, frozen in amber from our slaveholding past, and denying it only proves how racist we are. But the...
The Arizona Supreme Court’s Ruling Against Budget Bills Creates Uncertainty and Frustration
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Devastating. That’s how it felt earlier this week when the Arizona Supreme Court upheld the trial court’s ruling in Arizona School Boards Association v. State of Arizona. This decision strikes down critical reforms...
It’s Time To Rethink Mask Mandates In K-12 Schools In Light Of Learning Loss And Disparate Treatment
By Loretta Hunnicutt | Aside from the notable lost learning associated with masks among early readers, and the irritability masks foster, the most common criticism I hear from parents is that the masking policies are selectively applied and enforced. The biggest...
Campaign Finance Report Shows Referendum Against Tax Cuts Was Purchased by Out-of-State Special Interest Groups
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | Invest in Arizona wants you to believe that they ran a grassroots campaign. But that notion is absurd. And you don’t need to look very far to find out. Recently, the political committee filed its campaign finance report. And...
Union Paybacks Affect Us All
By Dr. Thomas Patterson | Most of the attention of our nation’s businesses entities is focused on attempts to win government favors. That’s typical of political economies sliding into corruption mode. America’s unions have been a big winner of the competition. They...
The Arizona Supreme Court Should Uphold New Laws Banning Mask Mandates, Vaccine Mandates, and Critical Race Theory
By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | This past July, Arizona lawmakers and Governor Ducey did the right thing. Through a series of Budget Reconciliation Bills, they took important steps to protect the people of Arizona from more COVID mandates and to...
Audits Restore Faith In Elections
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
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
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...
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