by David Safier Read today's Paul Krugman column, Fifty Herbert Hoovers. He takes apart the insanity of massive cuts in state budgets. No modern American president would repeat the fiscal mistake of 1932, in which the federal government tried to balance its budget in the face of a severe recession. The Obama administration will put … Read more
by David Safier This is from a 2007 Arizona Republic article, Arizona lax on charter schools. The opening paragraphs lay things out very nicely: Every year, Arizona requires charter-school operators to get their books audited. Every year, the results are the same: Scores of charter companies fail to track their spending and can't produce receipts for … Read more
by David Safier The Republican vs. Republican battle lines are beginning to shape up here in Arizona now that they have all the power and can't blame what they do, or don't do, on their arch nemesis, Napolitano. No matter how hard they try to wriggle out of it, eventually, they have to own up … Read more
by David Safier If the Arizona Republican Party can't count on business leaders to support them, who can they count on? The Tucson economic development group recently asked businesses what they most want the state Legislature to fund. The answer was resounding: education. About 77 percent of 600 respondents checked the box on the survey … Read more
by David Safier I've said it before and I'll say it again. I like the idea of charter schools, and I'm a big fan of the best charter schools. But I'm not a fan of Arizona's charter school system. Our economy is in a tailspin, the disastrous results of runaway free market capitalism. The invisible … Read more