With cases of the Delta Variant of the Coronavirus still surging, Tucson Unified School District, Phoenix Elementary School District, Roosevelt Elementary School District, and Osborn Elementary Schools have all adopted district-wide mask mandates for students, staff, and visitors. Washington Elementary in Phoenix decided to do this afternoon (August 4, 2021.) So did Creighton Elementary. Brophy … Read more
While unscrupulous political opportunists like Elise Stefanik, Kevin McCarthy. Ron DeSantis, Doug Ducey, and Donald Trump have spent the last 24 hours peddling lies about Nancy Pelosi’s role in the Capitol security arrangements leading up to January 6, 2021, or trying to blame the Biden/Harris Administration (instead of themselves for their own ineptness, cowardice, and … Read more
The combination of the surging Delta COVID 19 variant coupled with large swaths of the American Public (either because of historical anxieties of treatment of minority populations or listening to Know Nothing-science denying leaders and pundits,) refusing to take the Coronavirus Vaccine, has forced the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to issue new recommended guidelines … Read more
Arizona Cardinals Wide Receiver DeAndre Hopkins crystallized the “baby” attitude of the people who are choosing not to get the COVID 19 vaccine. The number one Cardinal wide receiver tweeted and then wisely deleted remarks that he might retire from the team because the National Football League has adopted a policy stating that teams may … Read more
It is a great time of year as schools across Arizona and the country start to return to predominantly in-person instruction when many had to endure close to a year and a half of online instruction. On a personal note, I know my sister-in-law, brother, and two nephews can not wait for the new school … Read more