EJ Montini

1 week ago | azcentral.com | EJ Montini

I’m picturing a giggling young aide skipping into Kristy Noem’s office at the Department of Homeland Security and excitedly saying, "Would you like to see something really funny, Madam Secretary?”Then handing over the letter sent to Noem on May 28 from Arizona’s Democratic congressional delegation. Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, along with Reps.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | EJ Montini

Trump says Pelosi is the problem? Not too long ago, Trump held an event at his Virginia golf club for 220 buyers of his $Trump novelty crypto token, hauling in $148 million. I do not know if Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly has read Cervantes’ novel “Don Quixote.” What I do know is that during his time as a U.S. Senator, he has lived it. Particularly the part where Cervantes writes, "Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | EJ Montini

My dear departed colleague Clay Thompson used to deal each day with questions and comments from readers, often pointing out their foibles, their absurdities, their miscalculations, misunderstandings, errors in logic. Why, I wonder, don’t those people contact me? Instead, all to often I get the smart ones, the intuitive ones…the really annoying ones. Like, for example, a gentleman I heard from recently. AdvertisementAdvertisementHe said, "I worry about you sometimes, Eddie.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | EJ Montini

A reader suggests Democratic governors should issue executive orders more frequently, like Trump. Arizona Governor Hobbs has issued significantly fewer executive orders compared to Trump. A reader urges more executive orders from Democratic governorsMy dear departed colleague Clay Thompson used to deal each day with questions and comments from readers, often pointing out their foibles, their absurdities, their miscalculations, misunderstandings, errors in logic.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | EJ Montini

The plan was uncomplicated. The conspirators seemed to know inherently – or did they get the information from us? – that it is best to keep a murder plot simple. The victim was to be lured to an outside restroom where one of the assailants would stab him to death while the others kept watch. Crime stories are not unusual or unexpected, however. In order for one to grab the attention of the media and the public, there must be a twist. And there is.