Star headline stirs furor: Use of misleading headline in today’s paper is decried as “unethical” attempt to sell papers
September 4, 2009
by David Safier The Star had to run a story about the fuss over Obama's upcoming education speech. That's a given. They gave it to Rhonda Bodfield, their education writer, who did her usual good job. As often happens, I wish she had introduced balance into the article earlier, mentioning those who think Obama's speech
Obama says he wants to be dictator!!!!!!!!!!
September 4, 2009
by David SafierOh, wait, sorry, that was George Bush. "If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." Remember that? How loud would the screaming be if Obama said that? The cries would be for his immediate removal. Forget about impeachment, that's too
Arizona’s Own Death Panels
September 3, 2009
by Michael Bryan You would think that the idea of condemning people to death by withholding medical treatment would be pretty abhorrent to just about everyone. That is certainly what conservatives are banking on with their invocation of mythical 'death panels' that was supposedly a feature of the health reform legislation before Congress. You would
No President [except Bush 1] has ever talked to school children like this!
September 3, 2009
by David SafierI'd say if Obama was the first President to address school children in their classrooms, more power to him. Great idea! Why didn't anyone ever do this before? However . . .
Mobs and mob psychology
September 3, 2009
by David SafierAt Giffords' Tuesday town hall Tuesday night, one of the questioners said he was angry that people like him were being referred to as a mob. His words were greeting by loud cheers from the mob. Maybe he was confused. "The Mob," meaning an organized crime group, is a carefully structured organization of
The right wing scream machine
September 3, 2009
by David SafierIf it wasn't clear before, there's no doubt now that the right wing scream machine has turned its volume up to a continual roar. I felt it on a visceral level as I sat through Giffords' town hall on Tuesday, and I hear it on every media outlet, about every possible issue having
Tuition tax credit/STO updates
September 3, 2009
by David SafierThe problems with tuition tax credits and the Student Tuition Organizations that administer them is a subject not likely to go away soon. The blogger, Matthew Yglesias, discussed the East Valley Trib's investigative series, Rigged Privilege, on his blog yesterday. Yglesias is a blogger's blogger, someone who covers a wide range of national
Grijalva on the public option
September 2, 2009
by David SafierLast night I cited some statements from Giffords' Tucson town hall that made me hopeful about her movement toward supporting a strong public option. If you've been reading national blogs today, you've seen there are some noises that Obama is about to give up the public option. All rumors, mind you. Maybe trial
