I was out of town when news of Jesse Helms’s death hit. I decided not to write anything about him, frankly because I couldn’t figure out anything good to say. Over the last few days, I’ve been struck by journalists talking about him like he was just some standard issue conservative, a conservative “lion” even. […]
MSNBC has the announcement here. Tom Brokaw breaking the news is here.
Jake Flake, who served as Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2003-2004 before moving on to the Senate, died at his home near Snowflake, Arizona.
I remember Flake as the House Speaker when my brother was appointed mid-term to the House. Although they had their differences, Flake was helpful in getting him adjusted to […]
The father of modern American conservatism has died.
Believe it or not, growing up I was a fan of Firing Line. The guy seemed to love nothing more than the exchange of ideas. His show wasn’t a Bill O’Reilly style “let’s interview the worst lefty whack job I can find and scream at him” that seems to […]
Evan Mecham died today. I hate to say it, but it is really difficult for me to come up with anything that resembles a eulogy here. Perhaps this is because I am either a dissident Democrat or part of the militant homosexual lobby. His impeachment shortened term embarassed a state that I am usually so […]
Representative Tom Lantos of California has died. Lantos was often called the only Holocaust survivor to serve in congress, although he usually refered to himself as one of the last people in congress that had personally fought fascism. His experiences led him to be a fierce advocate for human rights. In recent years, he had been taking […]
One of the posts that I’ve back burnered for a while was a rumor I had heard that Nogales Mayor Ignacio Barraza was planning a run against Raúl Grijalva. I thought the move would have been ill-advised, and I couldn’t even run down what party he planned to run in in this supposed campaign.
Well, today […]
I heard tonight of the passing of local activist Lorraine Lee. She died after a prolonged illness.
Lee had served more than two decades of Chicanos por la Causa. Many people think of CPLC as just a Hispanic advocacy organization, but under Lee’s leadership, it had a broad range of activities, including helping senior citizens with housing, funding scholarship programs and […]
Melodee Jackson, the woman who served as executive director of the Arizona Democratic party for most of the 1980’s and 90’s, has died.
I occasionally had my differences with her, and there were other times that she stuck up for me. She served the party well, and believed a great deal doing right by the people […]
Specialist Jesse Latas, whose service in Iraq and struggle with leukemia inspired his father Jeff’s entry into politics, has died at the age of 22.
Prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola:
Teach us, good Lord,
to serve You as You deserve,
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the wounds,
to toil and not […]
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