Is our high school graduation rate too high?
by David Safier It's true, we're graduating a sizable number of high school students whose academic skills are low. It's also true, a sizable number of students have lousy attitudes toward school. Advertisement But here's something most people forget, or don't know: Those low skilled, bad attitude kids would have dropped out if they had … Read more
There goes the neighborhood
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Update to 'They loaded up the truck and they moved to…' Scottsdale? I am giving fair warning to Scottsdale Fashion Square – remember this from the 2008 McCain-Palin campaign? Highlights: Newsweek's Special Election Project – Newsweek (November 5, 2008): NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than … Read more
Free Beer Tasting at Drinking Liberally 5/29 at 7pm
Posted by Michael Bryan What could be more liberal than free beer? Come to Drinking Liberally this Sunday at the Shanty on 4th Ave for a free beer tasting (donations welcome!). Drinking Liberally starts at 6pm and the tasting begins at 7pm, so don't be late! Cheers!
Steve Benen: How to make the Medicare problem worse
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Steve Benen writes at the Political Animal – How to make the Medicare problem worse: Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of the debate over Medicare is the disconnect between the problem and proposed “solution.” The standard Republican line is that Medicare faces a serious financial shortfall in the future, with escalating costs … Read more
Yes,butter does melt in Horne and Brewer’s mouth
by David Safier Horne and Brewer swear up and down, they have no desire to kill the medical marijuana bill with their lawsuit. They're just seeking clarification, they say. That they worded the lawsuit in a way intended to force the judge to put the state law in conflict with the feds pretty much ends … Read more
The fallacy of the latest right-wing ‘Medi-Scare’ attack: ‘Democrats did it too!”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tea-Publicans are taking a beating from constituents back home for voting for the GOP budget plan that includes Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to end Medicare as we know it. So the right-wing noise machine has settled upon a post-vote plan to return to their "Medi-Scare" line of attack used successfully to confuse … Read more
No ruling yet on Ethnic Studies
by David Safier Ed Supe John Huppenthal has pushed back the date he plans to rule on whether MAS violates the law. It was expected before the end of May. Now it sounds like it will come next Friday, at the earliest. There are a bunch of possible explanations for the delay. Since none are … Read more
