Guns in Schools Push Continues
by David Safier The legislative proposal to allow guns in K-12 schools, community colleges and universities has moved into the Senate Judiciary Committee. Read the arguments pro and con in The Star and The Citizen. Advertisement An interesting note: the university police chiefs don’t like the idea: The police chiefs of the three state universities, … Read more
Can Nuclear Power Make the U.S. More Energy Independent?
My friend Russell Lowes, a regular at Tucson’s Drinking Liberally, has started a blog, Safe Energy Analyst, in which he’s going to be writing regularly about issues surrounding the energy economy, emerging energy technologies and energy policy. I will be cross-posting many of his posts here at Blog For Arizona. I hope you’ll check out … Read more
The New GI Bill
by David Safier Joseph Galloway has an op ed in this morning’s Star, Today’s combat vets deserve new GI bill. According to Galloway: Sen. James Webb, D-Va., a Vietnam veteran, has been doggedly pursuing passage of a new GI Bill aimed at helping these new wartime veterans get that education by giving them much the … Read more
Shameless Self Promotion: “School Tales in 19th Century Literature”
by David Safier Two Sundays ago, I promoted the website, FreeRice.com. Last Sunday it was DailyLit.com. Today, in a blatant act of self promotion, I’m introducing you to a site I created, School Tales in 19th Century Literature. The site, very simply, is a collection of short stories, excerpts from novels and one essay by … Read more
U.S., Japan, India and Education
by David Safier The New York Times ran an article last month that caught my eye: Losing an Edge, Japanese Envy India’s Schools. The article begins: Japan is suffering a crisis of confidence these days about its ability to compete with its emerging Asian rivals, China and India. But even in this fad-obsessed nation, one … Read more
Guest Commentary by John Wright: Voucher Legislation in Arizona
The Arizona legislature is trying to damage public education again by introducing irresponsible legislation to create vouchers, all in the name of change or reform. Download a summary of Arizona education voucher bills this session. (PDF) In recent years "change" in education has been defined, by conservative proponents of vouchers, as providing a small percentage … Read more
Donna Edwards Defeat of Al Wynn Holds a Lesson for All GAGA Democrats
Progressive Democrat Donna Edwards knocked off 8-term incumbent Go-Along to Get-Along (GAGA) Democrat Al Wynn in Maryland’s 4th District. And it wasn’t a squeeky victory, it was a 60%-35% butt-thumping by Donna Edwards. The voters demonstrated that they were fed up with Democrats caving in to the Republican and corporate special interest agenda. They want … Read more
