Poking around on these here internets, I ran across an article in the Tucson Weekly from over ten years ago entitled “Withered Crop”. (The article originally appeared in the New Times.)
Amy Silverman talks at length about the folks that ran the state party at the time (interestingly for those of us who were in the thick […]
I encountered Georgia Brousseau this morning and she wanted to correct a mistake I made nearly two years ago(!). I don’t see her much; what can I say?
Anyhow, in a post about a lawsuit to take Russ Jones off of the ballot, I mentioned a case called Brousseau v Fitzgerald that was cited by one […]
I usually don’t write about the doings of basketball players, mostly because this is a political blog and I’m not all that keen on the NBA. But here was an interesting tidbit I ran across this morning: former Phoenix Suns star Kevin Johnson has announced he is running for mayor of Sacramento.
The thing that strikes […]
Today is the 96th anniversary of Arizona Statehood. We here at R-Cubed want to celebrate by honoring the first elected governor of Arizona, George W. P. Hunt.
Hunt was important not just for his several non-consectutive terms as governor, but for his work as head of the constitutional convention. He helped craft what is still one […]
Today is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Lincoln was a lawyer from Illinois who only spent a scant four years in federal office, so was obviously unqualified for the Presidency.
Today is Barry Goldwater’s birthday. Goldwater was born in what was then Arizona Territory and named for a bombing range near Yuma. His son was named for a terminal at Sky Harbor Airport.
In further disproof of astrology running anything, Goldwater shares his birthday with Sally Rand, Taye Diggs and Tia Carrere.
Happy Thanksgiving to all y’all. Over the past couple of years, I have taken to posting a bit about the first Southwestern Thanksgiving. You can check it out here.
Jim Gilmore dropped out of the Presidential race yesterday, did you notice? A few months back, former Virginia Governor Mark Warner dropped out as well. This means that both Virginians in the current race are out.
Four of the first five presidents were Virginians, but since then, not so much. Despite its large size (12th biggest), […]
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