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Was The "Private Citizen" Behind The Laura Pastor Hit Piece A Pastor Supporter? 27 Aug 2013 | 02:53 am
Posted by Bob Lord Note: New Posts Continue Below This Featured Post Shocking timing - the first hit piece against any District 4 city council candidate landed Saturday - just three days before Tues...
Louisiana's voucher system increases school segregation 27 Aug 2013 | 02:16 am
by David Safier Among the concerns about charter schools is that they're more segregated than school district schools. Now the Justice Department is looking carefully at Louisiana's voucher program b...
Grijalva discussing No Child Left Behind at the Loft Tuesday 27 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am
by David Safier Voices for Education is sponsoring a town hall with Raul Grijalva Tuesday, August 27, at 5:30pm at the Loft (3233 E. Speedway). It's free, of course. Grijalva sits on the US House Ed...
Reminder: No Child Left Behind Town Hall on Tuesday 27 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Announcement from Congressman Raúl Grijalva and Voices For Education - No Child Left Behind Town Hall at The Loft Cinema:
'OldSchool' Backyard BBQ Bash 27 Aug 2013 | 12:09 am
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Announcement from Tucson's Beau Brummel Club - history (.pdf):
Credit where credit is due - Do not sign the Health and Welfare Budget Reconciliation Referendum 26 Aug 2013 | 10:57 pm
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After lambasting the Arizona Daily Star editorial page in the previous post, I want to give credit where credit is due to Sarah Garrecht Gassen, an editorial writer for the St...
(Update) Please, just stop the ridiculous point/counterpoint opinions in the Star 26 Aug 2013 | 08:59 pm
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Back in September 2011, I posted this piece, Please, just stop the ridiculous point/counterpoint opinions in the Star: In recent weeks the Arizona Daily Star has taken to pub...
Thursday's Tea Party hearing: "Stranger In A Strange Land" time 26 Aug 2013 | 10:07 am
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings In 1961, Robert Heinlein, one of the most renowned authors in the science fiction genre, wrote a classic of the genre, Stranger In A Strange La...
It's All Fun And Games Until One Of Your Deputies Gets His Eye Put Out 26 Aug 2013 | 08:32 am
By Tom Prezelski Re-Blogged from Rum, Romanism and Rebellion Folks who claim that our modern border militiamen are part of a proud Arizona tradition would do well to read what Captain John G. Bourke...
Have humans mechanized and computerized ourselves into obsolescence? 26 Aug 2013 | 02:32 am
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A new economics study shows globalization increases joblessness, and technology increases inequality. Derek Thompson writes at The Atlantic, Bash Brothers: How Globalization a...
