BUDAPEST, Hungary - Eight European leaders voiced deep gratitude to the United States on Thursday and wrote that U.S.-European ties “must not become a casualty’’ of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s attempts to “threaten world security.’’

Not to be outdone by another in the Tribune’s long parade of Mesa teapublicans, I too have created a modified document, as did Bruce Jacobs, called the Declaration of Subjugation.

Author Tim Wise will present "Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity" from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m., Oct. 6 at the Chandler-Gilbert Community College Performing Center. The event is free.

Eighth-graders at Gilbert’s Highland Junior High School on Monday pushed to allow students to bring electronics to school, have more social time, and be given free water bottles.

Since his last re-election in 2004, Rep. J.D. Hayworth has become a force on the national Republican political scene.

Since his last re-election in 2004, Rep. J.D. Hayworth has become a force on the national Republican political scene.

The balance between the Chandler City Council’s political factions may have reversed Tuesday, as voters elected Trinity Donovan and Jeff Weninger to two open seats.

June 28, 2004

Tony DiBonito knows how to make summer cooler and spaceflight safer. Now, if only the Chandler City Council would listen to him.

Luis Gonzalez remembers the day his mother said goodbye. With a blessing and the sign of the cross, she left him and his two sisters in Tijuana and set off with a human smuggler across the mountains and into San Diego for what she hoped would be a better life.

Luis Gonzalez remembers the day his mother said goodbye. With a blessing and the sign of the cross, she left him and his two sisters in Tijuana and set off with a human smuggler across the mountains and into San Diego for what she hoped would be a better life.

PHOENIX -- State senators voted Tuesday to give voters a chance to reconsider who they want drawing political lines.

Politics ruins the character; it develops the worst and meanest qualities by forcing into the front of men’s minds their ambition, their vanity, their competitive spirit and their passion for influence and cheap popularity. The cause they are serving is pushed into the background. To many of them, politics is only a means to eliminate competitors, to conduct vulgar intrigues and to attain personal power.

As we review the past century, Arizona had many great leaders and some not so great. I worked along with Ernest McFarland, had contact with Barry Goldwater. They were honestly interested in people and justice, not dividing the country. What qualifies a Jay Heiler to be a Board of Regent member? Many with no constructive solutions find fault with any action of the federal government. Top the list with Tom Patterson, president of the Goldwater Institute and weekly editorial contributor to the East Valley Tribune. References to God to support political positions are not consistent with my varied Christian upbringing. Barry Goldwater was a true patriot; he should not be required to share that title with a Russell Pearce.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - President Bush scolded Russia for backsliding on democracy Monday and urged Mideast allies to take difficult steps for peace, appealing for Europe's help in both troubled areas to "set history on a hopeful course."

President Obama may soon issue an executive order that would accomplish what the Democrat-failed Disclose Act tried to do. All companies would be required to list their political donations as a condition to bidding for government contracts. Companies can bid and lose for the sin of donating to Republicans. Or they can halt donations to the GOP altogether to save their businesses, which is really what the White House wants in the first place. It's called' "not pay to play." Sen. McConnell, the Senate minority leader, calls it "gangster politics." This is payback for the 2010 Supreme Court decision that partly struck down McCain-Feingold in its Citizens United decision, which restored corporate free-speech rights and which Obama criticized specifically in his State of the Union address that year.

Former state Rep. Wes Marsh is attempting to get back into the Legislature after losing a bid for the Arizona Senate in 2002 amid controversy over his home address, military service on foreign soil, unpaid child support and violating the state Clean Elections Act.

Nov. 4 may be Election Day, but Nov. 10-15 are reserved for Collection Days.

June 21, 2004

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney ventured Monday into Arizona, the home state of presumed presidential candidate John McCain, to test the waters for his own potential presidential run.

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah's leaders and believers mourned the death of Gordon B. Hinckley, the humble head of the Mormon church who added millions of new members and labored long to burnish the faith's image as a world religion.

WASHINGTON - The inauguration of Iraq's new government marks a new era in relations with the country that the U.S. has occupied for more than three years, President Bush said Sunday.

Part 3 of a 3-day special report

Part 3 of a 3-Day Series