Breaking: Tea Party Tyranny at AIRC meeting in Tucson
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I received a message this afternoon from the AIRC meeting that "Tea Partiers have taken over the redistricting meeting and are demanding that Coleen Mathis resign." Any member of the public who wants to resist this Tea Party tyranny threatening our democratic process should head on over to the AIRC meeting this afternoon (if … Read more
Stephen Colbert’s performance art mocks our broken election system
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The U.S. Supreme Court has bastardized the 14th Amendment by finding that corporations are "persons" too and enjoy the "privileges and immunities" of political speech under the First Amendment in Citizens United v. FEC (where's your "original intent" jurisprudence now, Justice Scalia?) Not only that, but corporation's rights are superior to your … Read more
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: This is not your father’s GOP
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t to Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC for highlighting this editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from Sunday. I used to be a regular reader of this newspaper back in its heyday. Editorial: Eight myths to chill an old-school Republican soul (excerpt): It's sad to see what has happened to the Party of Lincoln, … Read more
Low income homes are not created educationally equal
by David Safier This should come as no surprise: all low income homes are not created educationally equal. And it also shouldn't be a surprise that parents who play with and encourage their children in educationally productive ways, even if they live in poverty, produce children who are more ready for school than children from … Read more
‘Recall’ Russell Pearce tops the list of Fiesta Bowl corruption
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Guardian reports that "New documents released Tuesday reveal what may be the full extent of Senate President Russell Pearce's trips around the nation on the Fiesta Bowl's dime." Pearce's political problems and the Fiesta Bowl (subscription required): The documents show Pearce tops a list of 31 lawmakers who took cushy … Read more
Arizona’s Business Climate ranking brought down by Education
by David Safier I'm not one to put much stock in how business journalists rank states' business climate. They put all kinds of variables in a hopper, perform some kind of regression analysis (I suppose) and decide which state is the best for business. What kind of business — low wage, high wage, manufacturing, high … Read more
Feds want Arizona to explain its university tuition hikes
by David Safier Get ready for the conservative howls of anguish over federal intrusion. The U.S. Department of Ed is demanding explanations of tuition hikes from 530 colleges. The featured higher ed institution in the CNN article is ASU, with our other two universities in the next sentence. The nation's largest public university, Arizona State … Read more
