Teacher unions need to bend on teacher protections
April 25, 2010
by David Safier I am now and always have been a union man, and especially a teacher union man. Without the unions, school conditions would be dramatically worse for students and for teachers. Having said that, I always felt uncomfortable when the union protected teachers who weren't any good at their jobs. Every time I
“1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070” Facebook page update
April 25, 2010
by David Safier Last night I recommended people join the Facebook page, "1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070." At the time, it had 86,000 members. This morning, a commenter said it was at 107,000. Now it's up to 160,434 members. It's gone up 150 since I began this post. Wait a minute,
Beacon Hill Inst.: Hey, don’t blame us for G.I.’s job-loss exaggerations!
April 25, 2010
by David Safier Funny thing. The Goldwater Institute tried to defend its assertion that Arizona will lose 14,000 jobs if we pass Prop 100, and ended up getting a slap on the wrist from the Beacon Hill Institute that gave G.I. the original information. Beacon Hill Institute said basically, We stand by our assertion that
What needs to be said about immigration
April 25, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Republicans who are enamored with supply-side economics also apply this disproved and discredited economic theory to the immigration problem as well. They believe that supply creates demand. Not true. It is demand that creates the supply. When it comes to immigration, there are principally two issues that are generating all the anger: (1)
More about Sonoran Science Academy
April 25, 2010
by David Safier Last December, Tucson Weekly ran an article by Tim Vanderpool about the Sonoran Science Academy charter schools: Hidden Agenda? Parents raise concerns that a Tucson charter school has ties to a Turkish nationalist movement. Today, Tim Steller has a long, excellent piece in the Star about Sonoran Science. It's well researched, informative
Facebook page: “1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070”
April 24, 2010
by David Safier This is the first time I've promoted a page on Facebook, but here's one I joined: 1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070. There are 86,107 members so far. Want to make it 86,108?
“My favorite raza, the human raza”
April 24, 2010
by David Safier I loved the line Richard Elias opened with when he spoke at the Rally against SB 1070 at Grijalva's campaign office this morning. Elias looked out over the crowd, grinned and said, "My favorite raza, the human raza." I don't know, maybe Elias uses the line all the time, but I hadn't
Glassman makes Jonathan Alter on Newsweek
April 24, 2010
by David Safier The national story is no longer just McCain and Hayworth. Now Glassman is on the radar as well. Jonathan Alter, who writes in Newsweek and is a regular commenter on MSNBC, wrote a column, McCain Descending. He deplores the change in McCain on immigration issues: In the past McCain has tamped down
