Random Musings

Pointed at this by Taegan Goddard's Political Wire . Maybe coming to the next session of the AZ Legislature or even to a striker this se...

 Due to a conflict, I will no longer cross-post Arizona-specific material at Blog for Arizona. Any such material will be posted here and tag...

Less than a year ago, I discovered that former legislator Jack Harper had blocked me from following him on Twitter. During his time, Harp...

This week's "Coming Week" post on legislative committee activity brought forth a response, one that merits its own post. Th...

Due to technical problems (i.e. - interruption of internet service at home), posting will be light to nonexistent for the next few days. W...

FIve years is barely the beginning in human years, young adulthood in dog years, and maybe a week in tortoise years. In laptop years it...

Just a quick hit... Spent some time on Saturday talking to Ted McLaughlin, a blogger and friend from Texas.  I was doing some research in...

Due to the fact that there aren't 48 hours in a day (meaning that I've had a busy schedule for the last few days and will be busy to...

I write here to inform, educate, vent, gripe, celebrate, commiserate, and more.  I hope that what I write causes people to think about the t...

Netroots Nation , the biggest event of the year for progressive activists, is taking place June 16 - 19 in Minneapolis.  Thousands of grassr...

Or more precisely, "Quick Hit s ..." Last night, after  the State of the Union speech, I posted the text of the speech here .  ...

..." Welcome to the worst state of the union " was the headline (but not the quote) You are now reading the blog of an interna...

Due to a couple of self-assigned research projects, blogging activity will be light over the next few weeks, though not nonexistent.  Expect...

Last weekend, Josh Brodesky wrote a piece for the Arizona Daily Star that excoriated blogs, particularly political blogs like Blog for Ariz...

Due to there only being 24 hours in a day, blogging will be intermittent through the elections on Tuesday. Some posts will go up, but no g...

My friend and fellow blogger, Texan Jobsanger, has been citing and complimenting some of my posts recently.  It's time to return the fav...

I don't often get *fan* mail sent to me directly on stuff that I've written, or on this blog generally, but it happens once in a whi...

A week and a half ago, I wrote a post bemoaning the fact that apathy seems to be the ascendant political ideology among Arizona's elect...

Due to an ankle issue (hopefully not more than a bad sprain), the next few days will be focused on medical care.  Will resume regular bloggi...

Due to time constraints - helping out a campaign, helping to set up a voter registration booth at the Tempe fireworks show on Sunday - posti...