by David Safier Yesterday I wrote about an online, 33 question Civics Quiz you can take to see how much you know about general U.S. civics and history. Today I saw a breakdown of scores by age on Kevin Drum's blog. I don't want to read too much into this. It's not a good random sample … Read more
by David Safier The headline may overstate things a bit, but allow this retired high school English teacher a little license. I love stories like this. Twenty year old Noelle Lopez, Tucson native and Salpointe grad, has won a Rhodes Scholarship and will study at Oxford. The best part for me are the other qualities … Read more
by David Safier If you think taking tests is fun (when your future doesn't depend on it), here's a good one: a Civics Quiz. Thirty-three questions about our government and to some extent our history. Like all these things, it puts more stock in pure memory than I would like, and I found a few … Read more
by David Safier University Presidents don't make megabucks, but they do pretty well. Median salary is about $425,000 for presidents of public universities. A few make as much as a million dollars. Not a bad wage. It seems like some of the higher paid presidents are voluntarily giving back part of their salaries or refusing raises. Pat … Read more
by David Safier Apparently Barack Obama has stepped over the line by speaking in complete sentences: In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say. Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's … Read more