Honoring Gabe Zimmerman
Posted by Michael Bryan A friend of mine is a member of the Arizona Trail Association. The president of the board is Gabe Zimmerman's mother. The Trail Association has decided to dedicate a trailhead in Gabe's honor. It would be great if any of you decided to donate to that purpose. There is a link at their … Read more
A principal cheating? What will we tell the children?
by David Safier When jobs and salaries hang in the balance, people will figure out ways to boost test scores. I've written about Eraser-gate, where wrong answers are erased from student tests and replaced with right answers by staff. But there are other creative ways to boost scores, such as . . . De-enroll low … Read more
The world according to S. AZ Republican legislators
by David Safier This morning I attended an LD-25 and LD-26 legislators' forum at the YMCA on N. Shannon. Only 3 pols showed up: Vic Williams and Al Melvin from LD-26 and Peggy Judd from LD-25. Forum, however, is the wrong word. It was more like a Republican PR road show. The audience — and … Read more
Conservative brain big on fear, liberal brain on logical analysis
by David Safier The conservative brain and the liberal brain are different. Conservatives have a larger fear/threat brain center. Liberals have more gray matter in the portion of the brain associated with making sense of conflicting information. So says a recent study. I checked a bunch of sources to make sure this information didn't originate … Read more
Sen. Al Franken introduces the ‘Pay for War’ resolution
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Something that should have been done in 2001. From Daily Kos: Franken introduces 'Pay for War' resolution: Sen. Al Franken… introduced the Pay for War Resolution in the Senate yesterday. The Pay for War Resolution gives Congress the option to finance war through budget cuts, creating new revenue or a combination of … Read more
Star headline writers are on a roll
by David Safier Yesterday, the Star's Creative Headline Writing Team (CHWT) said the slightly-less-birthy birther bill in the Senate was easing the way for ballot eligibility. Quite the jaw dropper. Today, they refer to the slash-and-burn budget Brewer signed as a budget-balancing plan. Brewer signs budget-balancing plan While not exactly false, the head is just … Read more
The GOP’s war on women leads to a government shutdown
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It appears that the Christian Taliban wing of the Tea-Publican Party is ready to walk the plank and to shut down the federal government over its ideological extremist demand that any budget compromise entirely defund Planned Parenthood. The GOP's war on women has reached a new level of insanity. John Aravosis at Americablog.com … Read more
