The coming week… – Legislative edition

by Craig McDermott Cross-posted from Random Musings… Normally, this is part of a longer and more comprehensive post, but since the lege is in full swing now, they'll rate their own post for a while. "For a while" will probably last until late March or early April, or until the leadership of one or the other … Read more

The two-faced “Janus” Brewer

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last July, Arizona's Accidental Governor was cultivating an image that she was a Mother Theresa of sorts, bless the beasts and children. Governor Jan Brewer on July 1, 2009 in her veto message of the state budget: I received early this morning a fatally flawed legislative budget. The legislative budget ignores my … Read more

Editor’s Note: The trouble with trolls

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Michael Bryan requested a post to this link http://www.cracked.com/funny-3809-internet-argument-techniques/ which provides an effective summary of the worst practices of blog trolls. Enjoy.

Fool’s Gold: Head Start is worthless

by David Safier Have I ever told you never to take anything from Goldwater Institute at face value? In case you missed me saying it before: Never take anything from G.I. at face value. Latest exhibit: a G.I. Daily Email from Jay Greene, who has a blog Matthew Ladner posts on regularly. Greene's email cites … Read more

What to expect in education legislation

by David Safier A reader did a whole lot of work and sent me an 8 page Word document filled with education legislation being proposed this year. I'm going to cherry pick the items I find interesting, but I'm putting the entire document online so those of you who know more about this stuff than … Read more