By Margot Cleveland Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes There is still time for the Supreme Court to avert an unnecessary constitutional crisis created by litigants and their handpicked judge seeking to control the executive branch. It is DECLARED that plaintiff Hampton Dellinger is the Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel,” and he “shall […]
By Craig J. Cantoni Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The reasons why Tucson is an economic laggard. Well, I feel vindicated but am not happy about it. The Common Sense Institute of Arizona, a public policy think tank, has issued a report on why Tucson is an economic laggard, highlighting the city’s difficulty in attracting […]
By Anne Marie DiCarlo Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Editors’ Note: If those of us on the Conservative side of politics can learn anything from the Left, it is how, in recent years, they particularly focused on local races such as positions of District Attorneys, School Boards, and county boards of Supervisors. These races are […]
By Khaled Abu Toameh Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Most of the Arab countries are refusing to receive Palestinians released from Israeli prison as part of the US-brokered Israel-Hamas ceasefire-hostage deal. In the past few weeks, Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners — many of whom were imprisoned for acts of terrorism — in return for Israeli hostages […]
By Lawrence Reed Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes We have the receipts to prove it. I was recently taken aback by a lengthy piece that I read (very oddly) in the Wall Street Journal. Jacob Berger is a professor of philosophy at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He authored an article in the WSJ on […]
By Catherine Salgado Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Today, March 6, marks the anniversary of one of the most famous fights in American history, the 1836 Battle of the Alamo. While the Mexican troops under brutal and dictatorial Gen. Santa Anna seized the Alamo and massacred its American and Mexican defenders, the legacy of the […]
By Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes We read a lot of the financial press and repeatedly see articles alleging that President Trump’s tariff proposals will “cause inflation.” Billionaire investor Warren Buffet even went so far as to say tariffs are an “act of war.” There may be other reasons to object to tariffs, […]
By Matt Margolis Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes In the wake of the fiery Oval Office meeting between President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Vice President Vance, Democrats quickly launched an astroturf campaign attacking Trump, blaming him for the meeting’s dramatic turn. But were they actually responsible? “Trump and Vance are doing Putin’s dirty […]
By Wolf Richter Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes In the West, Midwest, and Northeast, pending sales hobbled along near record-lows. Housing demand got shot in January. Prices are just way too high. Here we go again, with another record low in demand: Pending home sales – a forward-looking indicator of “closed sales” of existing homes […]
By Doug Bandow Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Editors’ Note: There is much we could say about the evolution of American thought about the protection of Europe and who, in the end, is responsible for it. But we have to note in passing that the author, Doug Bandow is associated with the Libertarian think tank, […]
By John D. Sailer Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Fellow-to-faculty programs have seeded academia with activists. In the days after the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Jemma Decristo, a UC Davis professor, took to social media to express support for the violent energies that had erupted in the Middle East. “HELL YEAH,” Decristo wrote on […]
By Zachery Schmidt Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute The Arizona Senate Wednesday passed Senate Bill 1309, which aims to prevent California-style blackouts. The vote was 17 to 12. One senator did not vote. State Sen. Frank Carroll, R-Rio Vista, introduced this bill earlier in February to ensure Arizonans have a power supply during the hot summer […]
By Breccan F. Thies Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Trump and Vance told Zelensky he is in no position to make demands of the U.S. government after the Ukrainian leader attempted to strong-arm the United States. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tanked his own peace talks on Friday afternoon after he disrespected the American people in […]
By The Editors Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Ninth Circuit Court Rules Against Arizona’s Proof […]
By Craig J. Cantoni Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The likelihood of honest and scholarly courses on diversity and equity at the University of Arizona and other colleges is almost nil. A February 22nd story in the Arizona Daily Star said that, beginning in 2026, the University of Arizona (UA) will require undergraduate students to […]
By Congressman Paul Gosar Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Three years have now passed since war broke out between Russia and Ukraine. The toll this needless conflict has taken is unbearable and needless. From the onset, I have opposed every single penny of American taxpayer dollars to fund the proxy war. Let me be clear: […]
By AZ Free News Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Earlier this week, the Ninth Circuit Court ruled against two Arizona laws requiring proof of citizenship to vote: HB 2243 and HB 2492. HB2243 was passed in 2022 and signed by then-Governor Ducey to authorize birthplace disclosure and county recorders to authenticate a voter’s citizenship based […]
By Melanie Collette Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The debate over environmental justice has been overtaken by the term “environmental racism” — the claim that minority communities suffer disproportionately from pollution because of systemic racism. While it is true that some communities face more significant environmental challenges, blaming these disparities entirely on race oversimplifies the […]
By Ken Veit Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes At the end of World War II, the United States was pretty much alone as an international superpower. There were many that thought it would make sense for the US to simply commandeer all of the Middle East oil supplies in one fashion or another. However, the […]
By J.D. Foster Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is nothing if not an optimist. As Senate Republican Campaign Committee lead, Scott hopes to score two seats net in the coming mid-terms. He calls it his “stretch goal”. How much of a stretch? Think gold medal gymnast Simon Biles prepping before […]
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