January 1 Ed Shorts
by David Safier Let's start out the year with a bit of education and education-related news. Advertisement People often praise the Asian Education Miracle, citing both Asian-American achievement and the quality of education in Asian countries. One group, however, puts the praise into its cultural context: Hmongs, mainly located in Thailand and Laos, though thought … Read more
‘Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary’ : The elimination rounds
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty "of nuthin'" was voted off the island after the pilot episode. The man was so boring the producers decided he was a ratings killer. The performance artist formerly known as Herman Cain was voted off the island by his pissed off wife. The "Herminator" was too much … Read more
Community Events Remembering January 8th
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t to friend of Blog for Arizona Carolyn Classen for her timely post Remembering January 8th – Carolyn's Community: Remembering January 8, “Honoring the Spirit of Tucson” Listed below are community events scheduled for January 8: January 8thTogether Tucson 7:00 am Ben’s Bells Distribution Description: Hundreds of Ben’s Bells will be randomly … Read more
Horne’s lawyer buddies make hay off the Ethnic Studies cases
by David Safier Stephen Lemons, aka Feathered Bastard, at Phoenix New Times breaks down the costs of the Dept. of Ed. hiring outside lawyers to fight the Ethnic Studies cases. So far, it's $187,526. The lawyers at the firm of choice, Burch & Cracchiolo, contributed more than $10,000 to Tom Horne's AG campaign. You can … Read more
You Must Be Kidding Me… GOP Pissed Because a Member of Congress is a Millionaire?
Posted by Michael Bryan I can't tell you how funny I find the GOP latest manufactured outrage. Seems several rightwing commenters are shocked… shocked, I say… to find that a Democratic Member of Congress has a net worth of a million dollars. Frankly, I thought that most GOPers simply considered a high net-worth a pre-requisite … Read more
Top 10 Posts of the Year
by David Safier Everyone else is doing top 10 lists. So this is either shameless egotism and self promotion or an attempt to spotlight some of the important issues I covered in 2011 in my attempts to add something extra to what you may have read elsewhere. Vouchers by any other name (Jan.31): This was … Read more
The “Starve Public Schools” initiative
by David Safier Its sponsors call HCR 2006 "Private School Tuition Programs." The Star uses the word "Vouchers" in its headline for the Howie Fischer article on the topic. Both are accurate but incomplete. The true impact of the bill makes the most accurate title, the "Starve Public Schools Initiative." Let's go to the heart … Read more
