Comment on SB 1070 by a Mormon from Mesa

by David Safier I received a very interesting comment to my post, Mormons split on SB 1070, from Ken Smith, who refers to himself as "a Branch President in the LDS Church for a Spanish speaking congregation in Mesa." You can read the whole comment below. The earlier post was about Mormons who object to … Read more

Brewer: “Please, Please don’t take away our All Star Game.”

by David Safier (Exclusive to El Blog for Arizona) The Accidental Guv sent out an email to her fans: Economic boycotts are an inappropriate and historically harmful response to an issue that deserves proper public debate and discussion. Inevitably, sports fans and teams all over the nation have developed an opinion on the passage of … Read more

Viva Los Suns!

by David Safier (exclusively for El Blog for Arizona) Los Suns put another one in the win column. Los Suns: playing for Phoenix, Arizona and the Human Raza.

To teach ELL students, hire accented teachers

by David Safier (Exclusive to El Blog for Arizona) I haven't written about Tom Horne's decision to get rid of teachers whose English is heavily accented and possibly not grammatically correct. It's one of those stories that take a little time to wrap a post around, and I haven't had the time to do it … Read more