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George W. P. Hunt: Still Relevant

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Author Jeff Biggers wrote a piece for Salon on the Tuesday election results. He includes a quote from George W. P. Hunt, the pro-labor progressive (even by today’s standards) who was governor of our state for most of it’s first two decades: The working class, plus the professional class, represent 99 percent. The remaining 1 [...]

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And Arizona Once Again Serves as an Example…

Thursday, August 25, 2011

This from a Salon article discussing the possibility that “Joe the Plumber” may run for congress: But as dumb and small-minded and tiresome as Joe the Plumber is, there’s no reason why he couldn’t be a congressman. Ben Quayle is!

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Our Local Angle

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

There is now starting to be some attention paid to Glenn Beck’s revival of the book The 5,000 Year Leap. On his recommendation this “history” (and I use the term loosely) has become something of a best seller decades after its initial publication. The author of the book was right-wing fabulist W. Cleon Skousen. If [...]

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