Journalists, including UA graduates, bolster democracy with fearless reporting and in standing up to those seeking to stifle free expression by punishing people for telling the truth.
Blaming Joe Biden will merely give aid and comfort to those who have declared war on liberal democracy. It will not protect Habeas Corpus nor Medicaid nor food aid nor our libraries and schools.
We could soon face the same muteness and submission as at the German universities under the Nazis. We are morally, ethically, and academically obligated to uphold the fundamentals of research and scholarship as essential components of our free and democratic country.
Gov. Hobbs' veto
Too many of you have told me of decisions being made without community input, unaddressed concerns about the safety of your streets or paving issues and ignored phone calls. That’s not how government should work. So, let’s change it.
Early education is a valuable investment, but it must be balanced with fiscal discipline and a commitment to core services like public safety and infrastructure.
As an extremely proud, 4-decade veteran of the National Park Service (NPS) -- laborer, ranger, superintendent -- the nearly $1 Billion cuts propsed by our illustrious leader and junior partner, DJT, could be a death knell to what, along with "Democracy," is "America's Best Idea." It will be …
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is rightly suing Fondomonte, a Saudi Arabian firm growing alfalfa in Arizona for its dairy cattle in Arabia, on the grounds that doing so represents a "public nuisance" to Arizonans by using up our water. Fondomonte is prohibited from growing its alfalfa i…
Do you think it's right that your master accepts a $440 million gift of an aircraft that appeals to him more than the Air Force 1 he is provided (and which he upgraded in his first term)?
I watch with amusement as our Democratic politicians attempt to sing and dance in protest, drop F-bombs with no regard to audience, filibuster, travel to Costa Rica, and enter secure detention facilities illegally. These elected representatives are acting like petulant children. This demente…
As someone who has been to 8 European countries in last couple years, why do we have to tip? These other countries pay a decent wage to servers. Tips aren't expected and service is excellent. We're asked to subsidize businesses that don't pay workers a living wage. 20% of our bill is coverin…
The Board of Supervisors currently are reviewing a plan to implement a tax increase for affordable housing. Currently the plan as stated will increase your property tax 3 cents every year for 10 years. Yes, that means every year another 3 cents will be added to your tax rate. Currently Distr…
I am outraged that President Trump has removed protective status for refugees from Afghanistan and intends to deport them.
Editorial cartoons
Regarding May 12 editorial about coal: Coal is not the cheapest source of generating electricity. Coal costs about 9 cents/kWh. The less polluting natural gas (NG), wind, and solar cost 5-7 cents/kWh (22-45% less).
The Republican Party has chosen a unique method of committing genocide. Take away health care, take away access to food and stop the fight against climate change. Goodbye Medicaid, so long food stamps, go coal go.
My heart is gladdened by Mr. McConnell’s recent LTE (05/15/25), in which he states (along with a lot of other nonsense,) “Trump has secured the southern border in less than 100 days…”
George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo, Tenth of December, and Liberation Day, wrote a guest essay in the New York Times criticizing President Trump’s firing of Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress. Saunders praised Hayden, calling her dynamic and dedicated after meeting her while ac…
Journalists, including UA graduates, bolster democracy with fearless reporting and in standing up to those seeking to stifle free expression by punishing people for telling the truth.
Today the Star published two more LTE from your favorite conservative writers, L. Johnson and L. Hancock. Although articulate, they again fail the standard of offering factual or insightful ideas.
To our readers:
President Garimella, we urge you to take steps to get the University of Arizona into compliance with public-records law.
The ӰAV believes that the City of Tucson, with a budget surplus and an already high sales-tax rate, should find other ways to finance key initiatives before asking for another half-cent sales tax increase over 10 years.
U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour is not known for mincing words.
Journalists, including UA graduates, bolster democracy with fearless reporting and in standing up to those seeking to stifle free expression by punishing people for telling the truth.
Blaming Joe Biden will merely give aid and comfort to those who have declared war on liberal democracy. It will not protect Habeas Corpus nor Medicaid nor food aid nor our libraries and schools.
We could soon face the same muteness and submission as at the German universities under the Nazis. We are morally, ethically, and academically obligated to uphold the fundamentals of research and scholarship as essential components of our free and democratic country.
States should think twice before creating strategic crypto reserves, as New Hampshire has done. That state’s lawmakers have placed a dubious bet using public funds on a shady and risky product. If they lose, so will taxpayers and others.
As an extremely proud, 4-decade veteran of the National Park Service (NPS) -- laborer, ranger, superintendent -- the nearly $1 Billion cuts propsed by our illustrious leader and junior partner, DJT, could be a death knell to what, along with "Democracy," is "America's Best Idea." It will be …
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is rightly suing Fondomonte, a Saudi Arabian firm growing alfalfa in Arizona for its dairy cattle in Arabia, on the grounds that doing so represents a "public nuisance" to Arizonans by using up our water. Fondomonte is prohibited from growing its alfalfa i…
Do you think it's right that your master accepts a $440 million gift of an aircraft that appeals to him more than the Air Force 1 he is provided (and which he upgraded in his first term)?
I watch with amusement as our Democratic politicians attempt to sing and dance in protest, drop F-bombs with no regard to audience, filibuster, travel to Costa Rica, and enter secure detention facilities illegally. These elected representatives are acting like petulant children. This demente…