I know that many of you have been expecting me to post on this subject for a while now.  This may be surprising, but I never really got that hot and bothered about.

Not that I agree in any way with the law (it’s ridiculous), and I am also not underestimating the impact of the law (heavy), but you have to understand things in an Arizona context.  In some regards, I found it somewhat ironic that nation wide opinion seems to be much more virulent than the local feeling.  Granted, the national media I follow has a liberal bend, and the local sources are admittedly more conservative, but I think that doesn’t quite explain the disparity.  There’s a certain amount of defeatism; something I’ll steal and call TIA (This Is Arizona). (more…)