David Brooks is writing an amazing series right now called “The Life Reports.”  He has asked his readers over the age of 70 to give their perspective on evaluating their own lives.  In part one, he covered some very interesting personal stories.  In part two from earlier this week, he did some analysis and broke…

By: J. Charles Coughlin After taking a week off to watch my resurgent Michigan Wolverines beat the Cornhuskers and the Buckeyes, I returned to read yesterday’s Sunday edition of the Arizona Republic. Since the last election cycle closed with lopsided Republican victories, I have watched and read as the Republic’s coverage of Arizona politics has…

By: J. Charles Coughlin When will Arizona learn how to honor its leaders?  When will we not, in a gathering of community leaders, focus on what is wrong with Arizona, but on what is right? We all certainly have our differences, but as our mothers taught us: “if you don’t have anything nice to say…”…

As Democrats continue to overstate the meaning behind the successful recall of Senator Russell Pearce and the mouth breathing continues over the ouster of IRC Chairman Mathis, NY Times Columnist David Brooks sheds some badly needed light on our own internal blind spots.  His column, as usual, is a great read with terrific insights: internet…

A common motto of the world scouting movement is “to leave this world a little better than you found it.”  Robert Brinton, President and CEO of the Mesa Convention and Visitors Bureau passed from us this past Friday, October 21. Robert left Arizona a better place for us all and we are all better to…