by David Safier This morning's Star has a letter by Ken and Yetta Goodman, professors emeritus and emeritra who live in Tucson. (I had no idea "emeritus" had a feminine form: "emeritra." I'll add that to my store of who-cares-but-English-teachers word facts, like the singular of "data" is "datum," and the singular of "criteria" is … Read more
by David Safier Bush has some qualms about the $15-25 billion proposed to help out the auto industry. "These are important companies, but on the other hand, we just don't want to put good money after bad." Let's talk good money after bad. When you ship pallets piled with bricks of money to Iraq and … Read more
by David Safier Times are hard. Money is tight. Which is both a reason not to give money and a reason why giving money is even more important than usual. The need is greater than it's been in years. I mentioned the public school tax credit in an earlier post, where you can give money … Read more
by David Safier In a Star article this morning about Republicans wishing Napolitano would just go to D.C. already and quit acting like the Governor, Incoming House Speaker Kirk Adams (R-Mesa) said about the proposed budget Napolitano intends to submit: "It wouldn't mean much or be very impactful." Impactful? People who use the word "impactful" want … Read more
by David Safier The president and CEO of Augusta Resource Corporation and Rosemont Copper Company wrote put his name on an op ed in this morning's Star defending the proposed Rosemont mine against attacks in another op ed a few days ago. The defense takes up about a third of the column. The rest is … Read more