I’ve written before about dark forces that are thriving to erode the character and traditions of America.
Every day in the news the internet seems to dredge up ever increasing and ever-more political insanity that not only makes you shake your head, but makes you worried about America’s future.
The writer Alan Furst has shrewdly observed, “Fascism famously stomps around in jackboots, but it sometimes wears carpet slippers, padding about softly on the edges of one’s life, and in a way that is worse.”
Just moments before writing this column, I received the heart-wrenching news that 14 elementary school kids and a teacher were killed by yet another mass shooter. This time in Uvalde, Texas.
Should you invest in the stock market now or wait? That is the tough question the money experts are discussing.
In a Talk of the Town column in this paper, Arizona Sen. Paul Boyer supports the upcoming ballot measure Arizona Fire District Safety Act (SCR 1049).
In Deborah Thalasitis’s Letter to the Editor (May 19), regarding the city budget, she asks why the cost estimate to widen Highway 89A ...
One recent study found that a person could survive 30 days without food and still live. Humans can survive for three days without water, if they are in the shade, have a cool body temperature, and are not physically exerting themselves. ...
The shooter in Buffalo had a racist motive. He wanted to kill Black people. We don’t know exactly how he developed his hatred, but we know that it was the motivating factor in his rampage because it’s confirmed by his own words.
This is in response to Sunday’s pro-growth column by Prescott City Councilman/business man Steve Sischka titled: “In case you haven’t noticed, it’s the market.”
The writer Alan Furst has shrewdly observed, “Fascism famously stomps around in jackboots, but it sometimes wears carpet slippers, padding about softly on the edges of one’s life, and in a way that is worse.”
I’ve always believed in the primacy of market forces, and how every time we try to artificially direct the outcomes of a market, just the opposite occurs.
Life can be going along just fine and then you do something dumb, like not checking if there’s a toothpick in the appetizer you’ve just popped into your mouth and gulped down without really chewing.
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Following are online-exclusive Cartoon EXTRAS, a random selection of editorial cartoons from our sources from this week.
- Breaking: YCSO search crews find missing 74-year-old hiker dead on Mingus Mountain; dog rescued
- Editorial cartoon (2): May 21, 2022
- Prescott man, 36, charged with first-degree murder in shooting of his girlfriend, police report
- No injuries or structure damage reported as pilot makes emergency landing near Prescott Regional Airport
- Editorial cartoon (2): May 17, 2022
- Need2Know: Wendy's dining room in Prescott Valley expected to reopen by end of May; C-A-L Ranch in Prescott Valley may open in late June; Fikes Orthopedic Specialties celebrates grand opening May 20
- Water line replacement to close part of Gurley Street downtown
- Lake, Zipperman, Corona lead ‘We the People AZ Alliance’ rally in Prescott High School auditorium
- Humboldt man dies in ATV accident in Mayer; 2nd ATV death in less than 2 weeks
- Stage II Fire Restrictions begin Thursday morning in Prescott area, forest, county
- Salvage yard burns in Prescott Valley; fire crews quickly put it down
- Crooks Fire spreads to more than 8,000 acres, but containment back up to 20% April 27
- Prescott Valley Police seeks identity of suspect who allegedly broke into real-estate building May 10
- Breaking: YCSO search crews find missing 74-year-old hiker dead on Mingus Mountain; dog rescued
- Editorial cartoon (2): May 21, 2022
- Shifting winds likely to increase Crooks Fire smoke impact in Prescott area
- Crooks Fire spreads to 3,914 acres, but now 22% contained, Prescott National Forest officials say
- Prescott man, 36, charged with first-degree murder in shooting of his girlfriend, police report
- Crooks fire at 3,091 acres with 15% containment
- Winds push Crooks Fire farther south, west, reducing containment from 22% to 16% April 26
