Arizona political donations came mostly from individuals, data say fat loss program for men From the Arizona Republic: The popular perception that corporate giants and powerful lobbyists wield all the monetary influence in politics doesn’t necessarily ring true in Arizona. Here, the largest source of funding for candidates’ election campaigns comes from the average grass-roots…

Arizona removing 'retardation,' 'crippled' from statutes From the Arizona Republic: Former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner and his family were among the roughly two dozen individuals who attended a ceremonial bill signing in Gov. Jan Brewer's office Thursday, celebrating passage of legislation that removes the words “mental retardation” and “crippled” from state statutes. Special Olympics…

The New York Times has a follow up on the three states opting out of Secure Communities that we talked about on Tuesday.  Professor Schuck makes some solid points about the seamless nature of this data-sharing and how it can be useful in identifying and deporting dangerous offenders. He gets a little off the rails…

From the New York Times, we see yet another sign that the Obama administration is not serious about enforcing our immigration laws.  Under the threat of certain states opting out, they are making changes to the Secure Communities data sharing program which requires people who are arrested to put their fingerprints into a national data…

By:  J. Charles Coughlin how to get a girlfriend Arizona Republic columnist Ed Montini’s Sunday column got me thinking.  Like a parent who only bemoans the challenges his child faces, Montini focuses on the negatives attached to our state, instead of celebrating our accomplishments.  Arizona is not a “juvenile delinquent” our state is simply the…