city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Joel Kotkin examines for Forbes readers some interesting data about income inequality in the United States. Scholars of the geography of American inequality have different theses but on certain issues…
My hometown, Mesa Az, has a white elephant that loses money. The [Arizona] Republic examination found that revenue dropped from $2.3 million to $366,446 over four years, and the number…
Darcy Olsen, president and CEO of the Goldwater Institute, reports on the Goldwater Institute law suit against economic development giveaways in this Wall Street Journal op-ed. In addition to outlining…
While I was home visiting my mother (91 and sharp as a tack), she reminded me of this story about my hometown, Mesa Arizona. During the Depression, downtown businesses were…
The Economist has an article here on my hometown, Mesa, Arizona. It seems that the city has given up on the old downtown where my father and mother started their…
Amid the election news, the John Locke Foundation also attracted attention for other reasons this week. The News & Observer of Raleigh turned to Education Policy Analyst Terry Stoops for…
Mesa, Arizona is my hometown. I was raised there and attended its public schools. As you know, Arizona has the nation’s most liberal, pardon the term, charter school law. Last…
Oh, I don’t doubt that some precedent exists in Arizona for this kind of authoritarianism. My point is that the lawyer who goes into court and argues that passers-by in…
In Arizona, anyway. Tim Keller of Institute for Justice writes: “What do a steaming hot cup of coffee, a glazed doughnut and a frozen mocha chill all have in common?…
Thought you would all appreciate this snippet from The Onion: Morbidly Obese Man Enjoys Disabled Privileges With Motorized Cart MESA, AZ ? Former fat lump of crap Joseph Woodring joined…