Slade Mead Gets UK Coverage

by David Safier It’s always nice to see folks “over there” acknowledge one of Arizona’s finest, especially when he’s a brother blogger. So I was pleased to see Slade Mead’s name come up in the “On the Road to the White House” blog in the U.K.’s guardian. When Mead ran for Ed Supe a few … Read more

Daniel, McCain Doesn’t Have a Ranch, and You Know It

by David Safier Daniel Scarpinato has written another one of his “investigative” pieces on McCain. While his earlier articles were pretty soft — a little negative, always balanced out with a lot of positive — this one is full-on cream puff. And when Scarpinato refers to McCain’s “ranch” in the article, he’s wrong, and he … Read more

Send Tucson School Admin Staff to Disney Training?

by David Safier My tentative thumbs up for the new Tuscon Schools Supe, Elizabeth Celania-Fagen, just went to a thumb to the side. She’s sending her “executive team” to management training with Walt Disney. No Mickey Mouse jokes here. I’m sure Disney is a well managed business, and their training sessions probably help other corporate … Read more

Colin the Republican Supports Obama

by David Safier I’ll tell you what. I’ll give McCain Joe the Plumber — or not-really-Joe, not-really-a-plumber. Whatever he happens to be, John, he’s yours. In exchange, Obama gets Colin the Republican. Colin the General. Colin the Secretary of State. Colin the friend of Bush 1. Colin the Bush 2 administration insider. That works for … Read more

Neatness, Messiness and Political Leanings

by David Safier A Scientific American article says it looks like liberals have messy rooms and conservatives like things more orderly. This is one of those very tentative conclusions that shouldn’t be taken too seriously, but since it fits with my preconceptions of what liberals and conservatives are all about, I’m going to say, it … Read more