Dailylit.com: Your Daily Lit Fix
Last Sunday I wrote about the learn-while-you-feed-the-world site, Freerice.com. The basic idea of Freerice.com is, you take an online vocab quiz, and every time you get a right answer, 20 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Program. Good stuff. Today’s site, Dailylit.com won’t help feed the world, but it might … Read more
Mike’s Arizona Blog Notes and other Social Media
Some of you may have noticed that I quietly introduced a sidebar feature "Mike’s Arizona Blog Notes". I have been reading blogs predominantly through Google’s Reader for some time now, and their ‘share’ feature is a very convenient way for me to mark posts I find interesting and informative. I read everything so that you … Read more
Who Will Replace McCain?
Now that our McCain is the acknowledged front-runner and almost certain nominee of the Republican Party for President, what will happen to his Senate seat? If McCain follows the example of others in the race, such as Obama and Clinton, and nominees of the recent past, such as Kerry and Lieberman, nothing will happen to … Read more
McCain on Education
by David Safier Wednesday I wrote a post, Obama on Education. Thursday it was Clinton on Education. Today it’s McCain’s turn. I planned to give you a detailed summary of McCain’s educational proposals like I did with Obama and Clinton, but I can’t, because there are no details on his Issues: Education page. His entire … Read more
Tucson Weekly’s White House Stunt Slows Hand Count Audit of Primary in Pima County
Jimmy Nintzel must have thought it would be a cute PR stunt for his paper that would widen voter participation and engagement with the primary election, but the Weekly’s Project Whitehouse turned out to be a big waste of time for the volunteers who performed the hand count audits of the election returns. It may … Read more
Guns in the Schools
by David Safier Should we allow people with weapons permits to carry guns in schools? Let’s take a look at two very different scenarios: Two people bring their guns to work with them: Senator Karen Johnson, one of the legislators behind the guns-in-schools bill, and Ms. Johnson, a high school teacher. Senator Johnson sits in … Read more
PSA: Report Presidential Primary Election Irregularities and Problems
Your Democratic Election Integrity Committee is collecting Presidential Primary incident reports. Members of our committee will work through these identifying patterns to prepare for future elections. If you saw something happen be very specific in your report – who/what/when/where/how – please. Avoid hearsay, which would cause us to waste time as we attempted to trace … Read more
