by David Safier Here's a website Russell Pearce recommends to his mailing list. It allows you to write a single message and send it to every single legislator in your state, or the top 50 newspapers in your state, or the top 100 newspapers in the country, with one click of the mouse. And since … Read more
by David Safier AZ Blue Meanie will undoubtedly post this week's Farley Report in its entirety, but I want to pull out one passage, Farley's discussion with Col. Tom Payne, base commander of the Army's Yuma Proving Ground. Payne thinks our low educational standing hurts the military's ability to recruit the best people for the … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For those of you who are fans of The History Channel, you no doubt have watched the series "The States" which explains the history of how each state came into existence. But the most fascinating part of the series are the stories about the "lost states," the state names of proposed states … Read more
by David Safier We're seeing more and more cracks in the seemingly monolithic right wing as it starts flexing its crazy-base muscles in Congress and state legislatures. Latest example. Richard Mellon Scaife, who has used his billions to help create the think tanks which have fueled the Scream Machine (I'm sure he kicked a few … Read more
by David Safier In a WaPo op ed yesterday and an article today, Bill Gates tells us how we can change education for the better, even with budget cuts. [See Vonnegut Quote-Note at end] His basic assertion: don't raise teacher salaries based on experience or education. Only raise salaries for the best teachers, and put … Read more