Correcting Brodesky’s Ethnic Studies column
by David Safier I wrote this morning mildly praising a column by Josh Brodesky about the Ethnic Studies program. Though I didn't agree with everything in the column, I was pleased to see it in the Star, especially from someone who doesn't have a dog in the hunt. His defense of the Ethnic Studies program … Read more
Tis the Season: Flashmob Halleluhah Chorus
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For all of you fans of Glee and members of professional and church choirs in Tucson, here is a flashmob idea for the holiday season you may want to get together on for fun. Be sure to make a YouTube video and send it to us, we will post it. On Nov.13 2010 … Read more
Good Brodesky column on Ethnic Studies
by David Safier Josh Brodesky and I have had our differences lately (he said, understatedly), but he's got a column today worth reading about Ethnic Studies. It's not that I agree with everything in the column. It's that Brodesky has some insider understanding — he went to Tucson High and knows the ethnic and educational … Read more
Republicans looking to change the nomination process for the Redistricting Commission
by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings From the Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required) – Republican legislative leaders aren't happy with their choices for the Independent Redistricting Commission and are asking that a nominating commission reconvene and reconsider. Kirk Adams, the Republican Speaker of the Arizona House, and Russell Pearce the Tea Party Republican President … Read more
Students know good teaching when they see it
by David Safier This is an interesting observation which, like all observations about education, needs to be stored away and evaluated rather than being accepted outright. That being said . . . As part of a Gates study, thousands of students evaluated their teachers in confidential questionnaires. The students' evaluations tended to agree with the … Read more
More on East Valley Patriots for American Values
by David Safier I posted the other day about the gall of some progressive group calling itself Patriots for American Values. Those folks are in danger of being sued by the Right for copyright infringement. "Don't those lefties know we own the words Patiot, American and Values?" Here's more about the group, which calls itself … Read more
Sen. Bernie Sanders: a tutorial on tax policy
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) went old school on Friday and demonstrated for the boys and girls in the millionaire's club of the U.S. Senate what a real filibuster is supposed to look like, not that cowardly chickenshit nonsense the Republicans have been doing in their scorched-earth obstructionism of the people's business. While … Read more
