David Safier by David Safier You mean it's possible that "throwing money at education" can result in better educated students? Five years after Maryland increased spending by $2 billion to provide greater academic equity, students have made remarkable gains in reading and math, according to a report given to the Maryland General Assembly yesterday by an outside … Read more
by David Safier Columnist David Brooks is a sometimes conservative, sometimes neo-conservative. Lately it's been hard to figure out what he is. For the next few days and weeks, the best way to describe him might be Neo-bama. Brooks likes the new Prez, a lot, and he's disillusioned with his right wing buddies. In a … Read more
by David Safier In my last post, I noted the existence of the new, all-online Arizona Guardian. NPR station KJZZ interviewed Dennis Welch, whose Guardian article I quoted in the post. The four reporters on the Guardian staff were all recently let go from the East Valley Tribune due to budget cuts. They decided to … Read more
by David Safier A classic passage from Dennis Welch's article at the online Arizona Guardian: It appears that Pearce, a former Maricopa County sheriff's deputy, and Kavanagh, a former police officer with the Port Authority in New York City, want to spare state prisons from taking a major hit. The proposal includes about $22 million … Read more
by David Safier When the Star writes an editorial using the line, "an abomination, pure and simple" and it's not talking about murder or some other unspeakable act, you know something must be truly awful. Here's the entire sentence from this morning's editorial: The budget-balancing proposal floated by the state Legislature's Republican leaders on Thursday … Read more