by David SafierCNBC has its 2008 rankings of states for businesses. Arizona comes in number 12 overall. How do our neighboring states rank? Texas is number 1, and Utah is number 3. New Mexico is at 38, and Nevada is way, way down at 45. Arizona, then, ranks pretty well, despite the howlings of the … Read more
by David SafierOK, this is a tough one. There are so many on-the-other-hands here, I'm running out of hands. The Obama administration took aim on Thursday at state laws — adopted after heavy teachers’ union lobbying — barring the use of student achievement data to evaluate teacher performance. The federal Department of Education proposed rules … Read more
by David SafierSteve Gall is for more exercise for kids. I'm for more exercise for kids. And Tom Horne is for more exercise for kids as well. "If I could require them to be physically active, I would," [Horne] said. "In the meantime, we have to give them a good attitude toward it." [snip] The … Read more
by David Safier Here's a great blog for people like me who yell at signs when they're driving. I try not to do it when I'm walking down the street. People tend to stare. Visit the "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks and see signs from all over with those I-don't-know-what-the-hell-I'm-doing quotes. Once my local market … Read more
by David SafierA recent post on Kos written by a guy who grew up in Princeton, NJ, but didn't go to Princeton U. sheds light on Sotomayor's stay there. Bottom line: she had what it took to succeed at Princeton, and she succeeded, enriching herself and the university in the process. But she didn't have … Read more