The Oscillating Guv?
by David SafierWhich Guv are we to believe? The March, '09 Guv who advocated for a $1 billion temporary tax increase: "We cannot place all of the burden on our children and their schools. We cannot place all of the burden on the parents that need day care so they can go to work and … Read more
State laws allowing card check shows the Employee Free Choice Act is both fair and works
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Nathan Newman at the Talking Points Memo writes that State Laws Allowing Majority Sign-up for Unions Shows why "Employee Free Choice Act" is Fair Option for Workers: The proposed federal Employee Free Choice Act would give employees the freedom to form a union when a majority of workers sign cards saying that … Read more
Human Rights First Report: 98 Detainees Died in Detention
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Torture was heinous enough; torture that led to the deaths of prisoners was murder. US interrogators may have killed dozens, human rights researcher and rights group say United States interrogators killed nearly four dozen detainees during or after their interrogations, according a report published by a human rights researcher based on a … Read more
Crandall: ban religious censorship in schools
by David SafierHere we go again. A student had a picture of a bloody Christ on the cross on her notebook. Another student complained, and the teacher sent the student to the principal, who said the student couldn't bring the notebook to school. The student had a right to complain about the notebook. A student … Read more
How dare you think on your own!
by David SafierI'm going to bypass the subject of the bill passed by the House that says it's OK for people to park their cars in private parking lots with guns inside. I'm against it, but that's not what this is about. It's about my favorite line in the article. It seems Rep. Konopnicki, an … Read more
Obama, merit pay, and Reading First
by David SafierThis from an AP article in the Star about some of Obama's spending plans: • Plowing $2 billion more into merit-based teacher pay to help failing schools turn around. He would spend $370 million on a successor to the Reading First literacy program, a key element of Bush's No Child Left Behind law. … Read more
Shameless self promotion
by David SafierEvery Friday before noon, I turn in a 650 word column to The Explorer, which appears in the weekly the next Wednesday. I figure I should advertise the columns here, right? The tone I use in the columns is a bit different from the one I use for y'all. Consider your audience, my … Read more
