How home-school is our new Senate Ed Committee chair?
by David Safier Craig didn't cross-post this from his Random Musings blog, but it deserves some mention here. Incoming Senate Education Chair Rich Crandall is pushing the EGUMPP Grammar Bowl. EGUMPP targets the home schooling market, and the man who developed the product, Bob Safran, gave the max contribution to Crandall's Senate campaign committee. Advertisement … Read more
I can’t decide whether this should make me feel better
by David Safier David Leonhardt, writing in the NY Times, describes some of the 20th century yelling and screaming over every expansion of the safety net. He begins with a who-said-this quote which happens to be Reagan's statement against Medicare in the 1960s: “We are against forcing all citizens, regardless of need, into a compulsory … Read more
The Right keeps doing it, because it works
by David Safier So, Pearce and Adams don't like the way things are going during the nominating process for the Redistricting Commission. What do they do? They accuse one of the people on the screening panel of attacking Christianity because he asked one potential nominee whether he respected the separation of church and state. What … Read more
Mitt Romney continues to demonstrate his ignorance on just about any topic
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Mitt Romney, the one-term governor (at least he completed his term) of Massachusetts, he of the individual insurance mandate RomneyCare state health insurance plan from which the individual insurance mandate of the GOP-disparaged "ObamaCare" health insurance plan borrowed heavily (individual insurance mandates originated with the GOP health insurance reform plan of the 1990s – it was … Read more
GOP to 9/11 first responders: “F#&k those guys!”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: One of the bills filibustered last week by Senate Republicans holding America hostage for tax cuts for the "two percenters" was the James Zagroda 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, establishing a fund for long-term health care costs and economic loss suffered by 9/11 first responders — you remember them don't you? — … Read more
Gosar: cut federal spending on education
by David Safier Find someone who uses the phrase, "Throw money at education," and you'll usually find someone who thinks public schools are getting way too much money, and school choice vouchers are the answer. Rep-elect Paul Gosar, the new Republican congressman from Flagstaff, is one of those folks. Incoming First District congressman Paul Gosar, … Read more
Arizona’s War on Christians
by David Safier A War of Christians on the screening panel for the Redistricting Commission? Give. Me. A. Break. Craig McDermott has done the best reporting and analysis of the Redistricting Commission nomination process I've seen. Of course, he's taken unfair advantage of some mainstream journalists. He's attended the meetings and taken a peek behind … Read more
