by David Safier Last night, as I was reading William Makepeace Thackery’s Vanity Fair (Give me a break! I’m a retired English teacher, OK? And the last time I read it was as a high school junior. Good book, by the way), I came across a passage that’s as true of today’s political scene as … Read more
by David Safier Get your haiku on Palin and/or McCain published in The Nation. Really. People For the American Way is looking for some great haikus about John McCain and Sarah Palin! Three winners will have their haikus published in the Nation magazine. Other prizes will be announced. Ten finalists will be chosen and then … Read more
by David Safier NOTE: You can read all my posts on the topic of AZVA, K12 Inc. and outsourcing here. If you only want to read one post, this is the one that pulls most of the threads together. (TASL) Arizona Virtual Academy is a charter school that educates its students online, yet it gets … Read more
by David Safier Today’s college students looking at the shaky economy may be rethinking their fast-buck career plans and looking for something a little less risky. Jobs in the private sector that looked pretty good a few weeks ago are being cut right and left. If you’re hoping to find an economic safe haven, you … Read more
by David Safier Contrary to media reports, Todd Palin is not the First Dude. Well, maybe, grammatically, when you capitalize both the F and the D, making it an official title, he qualifies — in his own mind, at least. But the true first Dude, as in, the Dude who came first, is Jeff Bridges … Read more