You mean companies in other countries have trouble finding skilled employees?
by David Safier Word to the wise: Take every company's complaint about how unskilled its workforce is with a grain of salt. Every boss wants workers who are highly skilled, motivated, obedient and...
View ArticleAre the Ammunitionally Correct violating a writer’s free speech rights?
by David Safier Dick Metcalf is a gun enthusiast, writer on guns and hunting and defender of a pretty strict interpretation of the Second Amendment and gun rights. But in his regular Guns & Ammo...
View ArticleI’m finding a new home on The Range
by David Safier Soon, probably next week, I'll be moving from Blog for Arizona to Tucson Weekly's blog, The Range. I love this blog, but I was given the opportunity to be part of the Weekly and I took...
View ArticleHuppenthal: “We need more money for schools . . . oops, I mean for data...
by David Safier I'm learning that Ed Supe John Huppenthal is either a true geek or a geek-wannabe. He loves plowing through data and studies. His pride and joy is an educational computer-based math...
View Article“Vouchers on steroids” for all!
by David Safier Republicans love widows and orphans funds. What better way to pass conservative legislation than to have it serve the least fortunate? "How dare you oppose services for those poor,...
View Article“15 Months in Virtual Charter Hell”: an inside look at K12 Inc.
by David Safier This is simply chilling. A teacher who spent a year teaching in one of K12 Inc.'s online charter school tells all in an Edweek blog post, 15 Months in Virtual Charter Hell: A Teacher's...
View ArticleIf the plate don’t fit, we must adjust it. Give us a hand.
by David Safier Somebody at the Star made a great catch. They spotted this license in Tucson sometime last week. Someone bought the new Extraordinary Educators license plate from the state that has...
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A self-indulgent trip down memory lane
by David Safier My new home on The Range is official. While New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is clinging to his last shred of plausible deniability, Weekly editor Dan Gibson lost his when he committed to...
View ArticleExplorer News, a press release is not a news story
by David Safier In the interest of full disclosure, I need to mention that I write a monthly column for The Explorer, a weekly distributed mainly in the Marana/Oro Valley/Foothills area. But seeing as...
View ArticleThis can’t be good
by David Safier The Arizona Chamber of Commerce announced its 2014 legislative agenda. Along the way, Speaker of the House Andy Tobin, who's running for Congress in CD-1, said Washington is what's...
View ArticleThank You David!
By Michael Bryan I think I can safely speak for the entire staff and readership of BlogForArizona when I say "Thank you!" to David Safier for his last 6 years of hard work, and the fun and satisfaction...
View ArticleA second self-indulgent trip down memory lane
by David Safier As I count down to my exit from BfA and entrance onto The Range, I'm taking a look back on my tenure here. Mike Bryan says I've written over 3,000 posts, and I believe it. Even...
View ArticleGood-bye BfA. Hello, The Range.
by David Safier I just put up my first introductory post on The Range, which means this is my last piece at BfA after 6 years and 3,000-some posts. You can continue to follow me over there if you wish....
View ArticleApparently, I blog about reproductive rights too much.
I announced a while back that I would delete anti-choice comments or those dismissive of the idea that women’s reproductive rights are important and/or denying that those rights under constant attack...
View ArticleSince a picture is worth a thousand words…
Crossposted from RestoreReason.com. My views line up with much of what AZBlueMeanie says, but can’t agree with him on Prop 123. I am intimately aware of the deal and think it is the best we can do at...
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