Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

During the 1950s and early 1960s, the United States government conducted nearly 200 nuclear weapons tests over Nevada. Ionized radiation from these tests, following the prevailing wind patterns, was blown over much of northern Arizona. Read more »

  By PAUL GOSAR Special to the Courier A Fox31 Denver investigation recently revealed that thousands of dollars have been pulled out of ATMs in Colorado using Electronic Benefit Transfer cards - used for accessing welfare benefits - to purchase marijuana. Federal welfare programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy… Read more »

Last December, John Beale, a former Environmental Protection Agency senior policy adviser, was sentenced to 32 months in prison for scamming hardworking taxpayers out of nearly $1 million. Read more »

As we ring in the New Year, we also welcome the second half of the 113th Congress. With this New Year comes my renewed focus on doing what I can to strengthen our state and our nation. Read more »

When it comes to wildfires, recent years have proven devastating to Arizona and many of the western states. The tragic Yarnell Hill Fire, which claimed the lives of 19 elite Hotshot firefighters, is still a fresh and painful wound throughout Arizona. Read more »

Since HealthCare.gov’s disastrous launch Oct. 1, Americans have expressed outrage that this administration spent hundreds of millions on a poorly functioning website. But the real problem, as people across the country are discovering, is the law itself. Read more »

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced alarming new plans to set carbon standards for existing power plants as the agency simultaneously pursues a reckless agenda of taking reliable, affordable power offline in Arizona and across the country. Read more »

After the tragic deaths of the fallen heroes in Yarnell, I joined Vice-President Biden and thousands in Prescott, Arizona at a memorial service for the 19 elite firefighters, known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots. The outpouring of support at the memorial service, and the prior memorials attended by thousands, made one thing certain: the entire nation shares in this loss. Read more »

Osama bin Laden. Saddam Hussein. John Dillinger. Bonnie and Clyde. These terrorists, mass murderers, bank robbers and professional criminals at one point in our nation’s history were Public Enemy Number One. The Obama Administration has added more and more names and now, finally, the American people are all on the wanted list. Read more »

Recently Salt River Project, the operator of the Navajo Generating Station, announced it would shut down about 33 percent of the plant in short order, with an agreement that will likely shut the entire plant by 2044. Read more »