By: Paul Bentz As voting started on November 3, 2020, more than 2.6 million voters in the State of Arizona had already cast their ballot – meaning the state had already exceeded 2018 turnout and nearly matched 2016 Presidential turnout before a single ballot was cast on Election Day. Ultimately, the state ended up blowing…
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Thank You. This month, HighGround is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. I never, ever, thought that would happen. I was 33 years old when I left Governor Symington’s office in 1996. Of the many things I have learned since then, one of the most important is that you can never do anything worthwhile on your own. …
By: J. Charles Coughlin Neither America nor its people are as good as we want to believe. Most Americans, indeed, much of the world, has made an idol out of their politics. The polity which drives the narrative of both major political parties today is grievance, contempt, fear, and derision. It fails to make any…
As many of you who have read this blog over the years know, I am very fond of the commentary of David Brooks. His column this morning was one of those moments, in the midst of the storm of 2020, that reminds me of why I do the things I do at HighGround… It is about…
It’s time to follow James Madison’s advice For the past several weeks, we have listened and read numerous accounts of so-called “election fraud” willfully (and irresponsibly) perpetuated by Republican officials across the United States and here in Arizona. As we hear these arguments, we all would do well to remember the following facts: Both the…