The next conservative public ed agenda?

by David Safier I read an article and a column recently that may point to what we'll be hearing from conservatives next session when it comes to education: decentralization. Kill the state Department of Ed, and pretty much kill district administrations. First, kill the DOE: Rep. Lucy Mason, R-Prescott says she will introduce a bill … Read more

Keep jumpin’ that shark

by David Safier How can you ridicule the totally ridiculous? Protest Planned Against NJ School's Obama Song Conservative groups plan to rally Monday near a New Jersey school where students performed a song celebrating President Barack Obama. The planned rally has school district officials planning to beef up security at the B. Bernice Young School … Read more

G.I. earns one gold earring

by David Safier This is a damning-with-faint-praise segment of my regular Fool's Gold series looking at the inaccuracies the Goldwater Institute trades in. This time, the information isn't incorrect. It's just half of the story. So one gold earring out of two seems appropriate. Worn pirate-like. Also appropriate. Last week Matthew Ladner wrote one of … Read more

Shorter Tom Horne: “Just kidding”

by David Safier Horne thought he'd hit on a great idea — the "840 Club," where anyone who gives the max $840 to his campaign for Attorney General gets special access. After all, Horne wants to talk to all Arizonans, but he can't, so why not let the people who really want to talk to … Read more

Way to stay classy, Horne

by David Safier Tom Horne is playing coy about running for Attorney General, but he's already made his first campaign promise, and it's a doozy. State schools Superintendent Tom Horne says he has not decided whether he will run for attorney general next year, but he has promised his biggest campaign contributors that, if elected, … Read more