Ezra Klein: Who to blame for job losses
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The mainstream media conventional wisdom, invariably the GOP talking points, is that the federal stimulus bill did little to arrest the catastrophic job losses occurring during the Bush Great Recession. As is usually the case, the mainstream media conventional wisdom is wrong. (Yet they still have a job — how ironic.) Advertisement … Read more
Obama tax plan vs. extending the Bush tax cuts for the “two percenters”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In case you missed this report last week, GOP plan to extend tax cuts for rich adds $36 billion to deficit, panel finds: A Republican plan to extend tax cuts for the rich would add more than $36 billion to the federal deficit next year — and transfer the bulk of that … Read more
Op ed takes Teach for America to task
by David Safier An op ed in Sunday's Republic questions the value of the Teach for America program and the success of its teachers. (Full disclosure: I'm friends with one of the authors, Carole Edelsky, a retired ASU prof, but I didn't know about the op ed until I saw it this morning.) According to … Read more
Parraz Has the Right Values, but He’s Thin on Substance
By Jenn Candidate for U.S. Senate, Randy Parraz In a video shot at a campaign appearance for the Democrats of Greater Tucson, Randy Parraz – a community organizer running in the Democratic primary for John McCain’s Senate seat – says voters should ask themselves “what type of values this person has.” In an interview with … Read more
Doonesbury takes on Arizona’s $20 million dollar man
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Capitol Times reports that Sen. John "don't call me a maverick" McCain has already blown through $20 million dollars in his GOP primary race for the U.S. Senate against J.D. Hayworth and Jim Deakin. McCain approaches $20 million in campaign spending. I'm guessing Johnny has used up an advance on his … Read more
Dr. Word: Is it Margaret Dugan or Margaret Garcia Dugan?
by David Safier In the comments section of a post about Huppenthal's hagiographic misrepresentation of Ben Franklin (translation: Huppenthal painted a rosier-than-deserved portrait of Ben and the slavery issue), Tom Prezelski asked a tangential but interesting question: [H]as anybody publically asked Margaret Garcia Dugan why she has stopped using the name "Garcia?" All through the … Read more
Private prison’s warden, chief of security resign
by David Safier Here's the latest wrinkle in the story of the Kingman privately owned, medium security prison that was the scene of the recent escape of three prisoners. The warden and chief of security at the Kingman prison where three prisoners escaped last month have resigned. A spokesman for the private prison confirmed Saturday … Read more
