jEFFSTANA on November 11th, 2014

Your Morning DooleyBy Charles P. Pierce “D’ye suppose Dorgan, th’ millyonaire, wud consint to it? Whin he entered th’ race iv life he was properly handicapped with a soul to offset his avarice an’ his ability, so that some iv th’ rest iv us wud have a kind iv a show again him. But as […]

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jEFFSTANA on October 23rd, 2013

  This past Sunday, October 20th, in the pages of the Arizona Republic “Valley and State” section, cub reporter Caitlin McGlade summarized arguments pro and con concerning the future of Indian Gaming on Tohono O’odham reservation land — property surrounded by Glendale, Arizona and adjacent to the Westgate sports district at 95th Ave and Northern. […]

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jEFFSTANA on April 10th, 2013

  First article in the AZ Republic which weighs the evidence and favors the arguments for a casino in Glendale. Perhaps the worm has turned. Giblin & McGlade clearly present the crux of the matter: does the current AZ Gaming compact implicitly limit the number of casinos in the Phoenix metro area? This is the […]

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jEFFSTANA on June 20th, 2012

  Not so long ago a friend posted a video of a Randian fellow bloviating about trouble in America. How moving. His haughty theme could be summarized as: “A healthy civilization, is where you work hard and things just get better.” His counter melody might have been: “The problem is most folk are just lazy.” […]

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jEFFSTANA on July 16th, 2010

  I picked the morning paper off the floorIt was full of other people’s little warsWouldn’t they like their peaceDon’t we get boredAnd we call for the three great stimulantsOf the exhausted onesArtifice, brutality and innocenceArtifice and innocence – Joni Mitchell from “Dog Eat Dog” It is wearisome to argue with conservatives these days about […]

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