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L.S. “Butch” Mazzuca
Columnist, Photographer

7590 E Rudasill Rd
Tucson, AZ 85750

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Recent Commentaries

Hoist by Their Own Petard

I love exposing the Left in their prevarications, and in today’s post I’m going to use the Statue of Liberty to illustrate two of them.  Both may seem a bit silly or picayune, but I’m using use them to demonstrate how the Left will use almost any situation to force...

Occam’s Razor and DEI

Occam’s Razor, a principle attributed to the 14th century friar, William of Occam, states that in explaining a thing no more assumptions should be made than are necessary.  It’s a principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest...

The Dissembling Left

A few days ago a friend sent me a NY Times article, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/opinion/trump-liberals-authoritarians.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s00.CyBM.cZJIdFXTL9MB&smid=url-share by David Brooks who wrote about Alexandre Lefebvre’s “stirring and...

Back to Basics

The word democracy comes from the Greek words’ "demos ( people) and "kratos" (power) and can be thought of as "the power of the people.”  Democracy is a system of government that depends on the will of the people.  However, the word democracy appears nowhere in the...

Betcha didn’t know…

Today’s post is a cheater blog because it’s April and that’s when guests flock to Tucson and I really haven’t had time to sit down and write – so for your reading entertainment… Do you want the next photo someone takes of you be a good one?  If you do, be certain the...

Payday Loans

Last week I wrote about California’s new minimum wage law that’s causing fast-food restaurants to lay off employees, limit hiring, and raise prices.  At the same time, this new law dovetails with the elimination or restriction of the once popular payday loans that...

A Double Whammy

A double whammy is defined as a situation that is bad in two different ways : a situation in which two bad conditions exist at the same time or two bad things happen one after the other; for example, “with the cold weather and the high cost of heating fuel, homeowners...

Debating Policy with a Liberal

It’s the political season and discussions always turn to politics.  So, I thought I would make a few suggestions about how we might engage when encountering  those of a different political ilk.  Long ago I learned the best way to debate  policy with a liberal is by...

Deceits of the Left

Thomas Sowell, American economist & social philosopher is one of my favorite political commentators who once wrote, “If you want to challenge liberal policies all you need do is ask three questions.  How much does it cost, compared to what and where’s your hard...