by David SafierThe day is young, but I defy you to find a better headline than this before midnight tonight: Outhouses cushion small plane crash in Wash. state It's not only funny because it's true, but it's funny because the pilot walked away unhurt.
by David SafierHigher education is not my specialty, so I offer this for discussion without taking much of a position one way or the other. Should we turn some of Arizona's two year community colleges into four year, Bachelors Degree granting institutions? It's happening elsewhere. On the plus side, a four year college education would … Read more
by David Safier I was never a big encyclopedia fan — the 25 volume Britannica I grew up with in my living room pretty much gathered dust in my literate household — but the end of Encarta, Microsoft's digital encyclopedia, merits notice. In the internet age, it no longer serves much purpose. Its last gasp … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: According to Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal the origination of the swine flu (or A/H1N1 influenza) is still unknown Germ Sleuths Stalk Origin of Killer Flu A picture is now emerging of how U.S. and Mexican officials, with a key assist from a Canadian government lab, first realized they faced a new … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Paul Blumenthal at Huffington Post details the financial services industry lobbying efforts in this post Paul Blumenthal: Do They Frankly Own the Place? You Betcha!: "[Sen. Richard] Durbin remarked about the banking industry's relation with Congress by saying, "they frankly own the place." You would think that this might be an exaggeration, … Read more