Good news, bad news on Arizona’s prison scandal
August 20, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First the good news… The prisoner who walked away from a work detail in Tucson on Wednesday was captured without incident on Thursday morning. Inmate who left Tucson work crew found sleeping. Thursday night, fugitives John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch were caught in Apache County. Arizona inmate and fiancée captured in Apache
Ignorance, fear and loathing in America
August 20, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Nobody ever went broke by underestimating the intelligence or taste of the American public. – H.L. Mencken (attributed) Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. – Albert Einstein Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Campaign Sign Snark 2010: Mark Anderson
August 19, 2010
By Jenn For many voters, their first and most visceral exposure to a candidate is via the campaign signs posted on street corners and abandoned lots. These signs are the face of a campaign, and are responsible for generating a voter's first impression of a candidate. Campaign Sign Snark is an ongoing feature that will comment exclusively
The wisdom of Will Bunch: America’s war on “the other”
August 19, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Ever wonder how all the disparate threads of right-wing paranoid conspiracies actually weave together into a unitary tapestry of fear and hate? Will Bunch writing for Attytood at Philadelphia Daily News explains in It's not about the mosque — it's America's war on "the Other" (excerpt): Over the last year, I traveled across
More on Jay Greene as G.I.’s Golden Fool
August 19, 2010
by David Safier I posted about an ASU study which is heavily critical — and damning if accurate — of Jay Greene's report for G.I. saying administrative costs at universities have soared. I suggested if Greene has any integrity and wants to keep his credibility as a scholar, he needs to answer the criticism directly
Doug Ducey a Stone Cold late filer
August 19, 2010
by David Safier You may remember a recent post where I wrote that Doug Ducey, Republican candidate for treasurer, was delinquent with property tax payments on his home multiple times — he finally paid up just after he filed for office. Also, as CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, Ducey encouraged franchisers to invest in stores
A toxicity expert — Todd Camenisch — in the State Senate?
August 19, 2010
by David Safier Wouldn't it be nice in a state like Arizona where the desert dust blows all around us and contaminated mine tailings are a regular occurrence, if we had a toxicity expert in the state legislature? Like, say, Dr. Todd Camenisch, who is running for Senate in LD-30? Camenisch, a researcher at UA,
Jason Williams, AZ School Superintendent Candidate, Opposes Ethnic Studies Ban
August 19, 2010
By Jenn This is the second part of my posts on the responses I received from Arizona School Superintendent candidates on Arizona's recent ethnic studies ban. Before continuing on this post, you should read what Margaret Dugan — the sole Republican to write back to me — had to say about ethnic studies. As I
