by David Safier This certainly can't be part of the "Florida Education Miracle," can it? Pushing multicultural studies? The Miami-Dade and Broward districts make it a point to stress multicultural studies in classes. Educators say the curriculum benefits students by exposing them to different cultures throughout their youth, and by sharpening their critical thinking skills. … Read more
by David Safier From the National Catholic Reporter: PHOENIX — A Catholic nun, who was a member of a Phoenix Catholic hospital's ethics committee, was excommunicated and reassigned last week for her role in allowing an abortion to take place at the hospital, according to the Phoenix diocese. The surgery was considered necessary to save … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Check out the nut graph paragraph from this AP (all propaganda) story GOP gains House seat from Hawaii: HONOLULU – Republicans scored a midterm election victory Saturday when Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou won a Democratic-held House seat in Hawaii in the district where President Barack Obama grew up – the latest … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When Jan Brewer was Secretary of State, she frequently mismanaged elections in this state from improperly certifying election software that had not been properly reviewed and certified by the federal testing labs and purchasing security vulnerable touch-screen voting machines, to being unable to timely validate signatures on petitions for voter initiatives. Two … Read more
by David Safier An illustrative comment from Meade. It's OK to be without a birth certificate if you're (a) not living in Arizona post SB1070, or (b) white. I recently celebrated my 75th year on this planet. I never saw my official birth certificate until 8 years ago when I obtained a certified copy thinking … Read more