Our immigration quagmire is about so much more than a wall or a barrier or whatever folks are calling it these days. This article explains some of the other key ingredients mixed up in this debacle. http://arizonadailystar.az.newsmemory.com/?publink=0d409bfd1 The notion that building more wall will deter many from even trying to get here, especially so … More It’s gonna take more than a wall …
Oh boy, the president’s panel on school safety has completed its report and recommendations. As this article indicates, the report includes recs to arm at least some teachers – wow, to me, that has unintended consequences written all over it – and, in all likelihood, those recs will receive most of the attention. But, it’s … More School discipline and safety
Dr Patrick Michael’s is a well known climate change skeptic who has repeatedly resisted efforts to reveal his funding sources (now, well documented that he has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from various fossil fuel industries). He continues to periodically appear on Fox News and, unfortunately, misrepresents the scientific consensus/evidence that documents rising sea … More The so called climate scientist who has the ear of our Prez
A few somewhat random caffeine infused thoughts about the Sinema McSally Senate race in Arizona, and other musings. As of this morning, it appears Sinema will take Jeff Flake’s seat but, hold your horses, there be court challenges, accusations of voter fraud, and all kinds of shit looming that will slow the final outcome. Add … More Oh, democracy can sure get messy
Wow, the recent announcement by our new Office of Management and Budget Director, Mick Mulvaney, about the decision to eliminate federal funding support for certain after school programs because “there is no evidence that they improve performance,” certainly contradicts everything that I know, particularly as it applies to “evidence-based” after school programs. http://fortune.com/2017/03/16/donald-trump-after-school-programs-performance-mick-mulvaney-budget/ Having worked … More “No evidence” that after-school programs improve performance? What’s really going on here?
Well, no one has ever said or intimated that the Arizona legislature occasionally pursues legislation that is obviously unconstitutional or based on assumptions that have little to do with fact ;-). On the other hand, heck, in many ways, it could be argued that the AZ legislature, historically, refuses to be confused by the facts. … More Oh those paid protesters …
This is an exceptional piece. Bret Stephens is a conservative columnist with the Wall Street Journal though this was published in a recent edition of Time Magazine. http://time.com/4675860/donald-trump-fake-news-attacks/
We have an ordinance in Tucson that, basically, allows the Tucson Police Department to destroy automatic weapons seized during the course of criminal investigations or through other means (e.g., citizens wanting to have their weapons destroyed). We also have a state law that says, in a nutshell, that the state may withhold state funds from … More Guns and the boundaries of sovereignty
One of the positive things about not having any work right now – Ayn Rand may have said that my work in juvenile justice and child welfare research really was not meaningful work anyways – is having time to read stuff that I’ve been wanting to read. So, I’ve been catching up on some long … More I have only just begun to shrug
Thanks to my friend Jeff Craig for sharing this. A very thorough and detailed look at many of the issues surrounding the DAPL. However, I have also posted some comments below in response to Scott Gates’s informative post. Here is the link to his post. https://m.facebook.com/notes/scott-gates/on-the-standing-rock-tribes-dakota-pipeline-protest-/10154529600627457/ OK, Scott Gate’s extended arguments and presentation of facts, … More Another take on the protest at Standing Rock
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