Welcome to LiberalDesert, where Sam Coppersmith fights Arizona right-wing dry rot since Thursday (at least in this format). My East Valley Tribune column actually dates back to 2000; I generally run on the op-ed page each Sunday in the "Lack of Perspective" section.

The usual format for this blog will be my weekly column, the first business day after it runs in the paper, preceded by a brief introduction, which usually consists of which jokes and japes the Trib's editorial page editor, the estimable Bob Schuster, cut from that week's edition.