The Think Tank

The Arizona state Senate currently has 17 Republicans and 13 Democrats. Generally, that means that Republicans can do whatever they please -- unless two senators object.  

Arizona’s two leading Democratic contenders for the gubernatorial nomination, Steve Farley and David Garcia, square off in this week’s Think Tank.

The initial broadcast of The Think Tank will be moved to 1 p.m. on Sundays starting this week. It will still repeat between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on the same day.

In this week's Think Tank, Lawrence Krauss and I discuss issues related to science and how they are affecting the current political landscape.

We’ve all seen the pictures about people trying to cross our southern border. But there is something else that crosses our southern border: Money.

Eighty-one of our 90 Arizona legislators live in districts where one party’s registration exceeds the other party’s registration. Eighty of these 81 legislators belong to whatever party is dominant in their district. Only one legislator of the 81 beat those odds.

This week’s Think Tank dissects how and why this happened, what teachers won (and what they didn’t win), and what is likely to happen next.

This week, Think Tank is going to talk firsthand with three of the educators who have been involved in these efforts to learn from them and find out more about why they have been marching and why they voted this week to walk out of school.  

Political consultant Chuck Coughlin and I discuss a wide range of very current issues in this week’s Think Tank, including education in Arizona, the federal budget and a potential trade war with China.

President Donald Trump has held himself out to be a master negotiator. But is he? The Think Tank explores the matter with the help of a negotiation expert.