Fooled by Fool’s Gold: WSJ repeats G.I. $400 myth
May 17, 2010
by David Safier Yes, I know it's expecting too much, but wouldn't you think an editorial in the Wall Street Journal should be somewhere near factual, and if it can't manage that, it should at least show mastery of 6th grade math skills? But when you're getting your pabulum spoon fed to you by the
Those teachers with accents
May 17, 2010
by David Safier True story. In the 1930s a woman who emigrated to the U.S. from Russia when she was 12 wanted to teach school in New York. She was denied a job because her accent was too heavy. She failed her oral exam a number of times, but finally passed and got a job.
Indecent Propositions 2010
May 16, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Legislature has referred a number of propositions to the November Ballot. There are also a number of initiatives still circulating petitions which have a July 1 filing deadline. The measures referred to the ballot by the Arizona Legislature are indecent propositions. Each of these propositions should be defeated by voters
Vic Williams: Bus Drivers are Administrators
May 16, 2010
by David Safier Vic Williams bit hard — Chomp! — chewed and swallowed the Goldwater Institute's "1-to-1 teacher to bureaucrat ratio" line. And, like Guv candidate Buzz Mills, he went G.I. one better, turning "bureaucrats" into "administrators." This is why the media needs to keep their crap detectors set to 11 every time G.I. makes
Jan Brewer wants to “rebrand” Arizona’s image
May 16, 2010
Posted by Craig McDermott Arizona's unelected governor, Jan Brewer, has finally realized the furor over the police-state bill that she signed into law, SB1070, won't die down. Arizona's image across the country and the world has become that of a virulently redneck place where minorities and outsiders are only welcome in our prisons and jails. So
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May 16, 2010
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SB1070 Update: 2010? GOP Guv? Pearce as Senate Pres?
May 16, 2010
by David Safier This morning's E.J. Montini column in the Republic is filled with warnings, quotes and interesting facts about anti-immigrant trends in Arizona. Some excerpts: [Linda Brown, executive director of the Arizona Advocacy Network]: "If (state Sen.) Russell Pearce secures the Senate presidency next year, we will see a whole lot more, particularly if
SB1070 Update: A Jewish “On the one hand . . . On the other hand” about reporting in the Star
May 15, 2010
by David Safier Allow me to exercise my Jewish prerogative and carry on an argument without anyone else in the room. On the one hand: I agree with a number of Jewish groups that think the Nazi references connected with SB1070 are a step too far. From an article in today's Star: "It diminishes the
