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Ignore the Economy As Best You Can, and Concentrate on Being Happynew

If economics lacks an absolute reality, then excessive fear is as irrational as excessive optimism.
Tucson Weekly  |  Catherine O'Sullivan  |  05-27-2009  |  Commentary

The Time Has Come to Talk About Boosting the Minimum Driving Agenew

We harangue our teenagers about sexually transmitted infections, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, the violent content of video games, mass-produced entertainment, even guns. Yet according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, motor-vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among teenagers.
Tucson Weekly  |  Catherine O'Sullivan  |  03-19-2009  |  Commentary

Election '08: The Role of Racenew

The whole "lipstick on a pig" controversy is the end result of the GOP's brilliant efforts to play the race card.
Tucson Weekly  |  Catherine O'Sullivan  |  09-18-2008  |  Commentary

Has Our Country Come Far Enough to Elect Obama as President?new

Many of us have been so blinded by outright relief that whatever the outcome of this presidential election, we're finally going to be rid of George W. Bush, that we've soft-peddled one simple but crucial fact: The United States is a racist country.
Tucson Weekly  |  Catherine O'Sullivan  |  09-04-2008  |  Commentary

The Best and Horniestnew

Welcome, Eliot Spitzer, to the Political Sex-Scandal Hall of Fame.
Tucson Weekly  |  Catherine O'Sullivan  |  03-20-2008  |  Commentary

It's Only February!new

Are you prepared for nine more months of incessant political babbling?
Tucson Weekly  |  Catherine O'Sullivan  |  02-21-2008  |  Commentary

The Power of Charmnew

Science tells me man-meat Mitt Romney may just win the presidency.
Tucson Weekly  |  Catherine O'Sullivan  |  11-28-2007  |  Commentary

Cruel and Usualnew

If it is wrong to waterboard, why is it right to dissect frogs?
Tucson Weekly  |  Catherine O'Sullivan  |  11-15-2007  |  Commentary

An Elusive Peacenew

Only in Bizarro World could our soldiers in Iraq be considered peacemakers.
Tucson Weekly  |  Catherine O'Sullivan  |  05-31-2007  |  Commentary

Governance in Questionnew

Some of us are beginning to question our core beliefs about what this country is and wonder if George W. Bush is really a psychopath.
Tucson Weekly  |  Catherine O'Sullivan  |  12-10-2004  |  Commentary

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