Misuse of state funds at North Star Charter

by David Safier [Note: North Star Charter is in Phoenix. I forgot to mention that in the post.] When I wrote about a hostile takeover of North Star Charter High School which occurred in April of this year, I promised there would be more to follow. There is more, much more, concerning the misuse of … Read more

How not to write a headline

by David SafierThe Star has put together some misleading headlines in the past — lots of them, actually — but this is close to their worst. If you watched Obama's town meeting yesterday or any of the news coverage, you probably saw his exchange with a questioner who began by saying he was an NRA … Read more

Tuition tax credits committee gets Republican members

by David SafierThis promises to be interesting. A few days after D legislators held a news conference announcing the formation of a committee to take a closer look at tax credits and inviting Rs to join, a few Rs actually agreed. Why? There are all kinds of possible answers. Maybe they were actually a bit … Read more

Whole Foods not for whole health care

by David SafierJohn Mackey is the CEO and founder of Whole Foods. Apparently, he's not at all fond of what the Dems are doing by way of health care legislation. He thinks it goes too far. In a Wall Street Journal op ed, he begins with this quote from Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism … Read more

More About Trolls

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Sunday I posted a piece Do not feed the trolls (DNFTT) explaining that Blog for Arizona has had a rash of Trolls of late. At that time, specifically Nobama and Robert. As I explained, "Trolls are primarily interested in hijacking a web site through its comment page." Trolls have no respect … Read more