David Safier by David Safier This arrived in my email box yesterday from Tasha Downum: OMG, I just received a check!! I can't believe it, I am going to the bank in the morning to deposit it!!! I'm waiting to hear from her that the check has cleared — I'll remain suspicious until the end, given the twists … Read more
by David Safier Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing everything in his power to save California education. Like: Eliminating a week of school. Increasing class size. Freezing teacher salaries. Cutting the science graduation requirement from two courses to one. Cutting $2.1 billion from this year's education budget and $3.1 billion from next year's. Boy oh boy, is … Read more
by David Safier I'm starting with a bit of a rant, then I'll get to the main topic. When young people go into debt, we're told it's because high schools didn't teach them the dangers of overspending on their credit cards or taking out loans they can't afford. Except that it isn't true. When I … Read more
by David Safier (TASL) The Governor or South Carolina, Mark Sanford (R), is 100% against all this government spending during an economic crisis. Cut spending. Cut taxes. That's what we need. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says South Carolina has the nation's third highest jobless rate, though Sanford says he doesn't believe the numbers. And … Read more
by David Safier You can quibble with the use of the term "intellectual" in some cases. Andrew Golis might have said bright and knowledgeable and insightful instead. On his Talking Points Memo blog, Golis lists Ten Young Progressive Intellectuals Who Make Me Hopeful. I don't know everyone on the list, but the ones I know … Read more