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DDF Does Dallas
Going to be in Dallas next week for NFL Nationals. I will have one parent and 3 students with me. Looking for recommendations for food and fun. We have DART passes, so eateries accessible by the line are preferred but not required. Costs ranging across the board, though good cheap lunch eats around the Sheridan are definitely needed ( Read more... ) -
Unions and Negotiations- New Perspective
While I was down in Juneau lobbying last week, I hung out for a bit with a past president of the Mat-Su Ed Association, the second largest educational professionals union in the state, after Anchorage. I mentioned the conversation that was had here a few weeks ago over union behaviors and she noted something that others had suggested might be true ( Read more... ) -
Clearing the Browser
Just popping in to clear out all the things I have left open on my iPad browser over the last week. I meant to write up longer material on all of these, but... I didn't. Still, interesting stuff.
In case you somehow missed it, GE can earn $14.2 billion in profits, pay nothing in taxes and receive $3.2 billion in tax credits. But the story wouldn ( Read more... ) -
Republican Lawlessness
Enforcing laws that have been stopped by injunction should get you thrown in jail. But it won't. And people will still call them the "law and order" party. Because our nation is full of uninformed idiots. I used to think that the rate at which Republicans just made stuff up and lied was their most disgusting trait. I think their utterly ( Read more... ) -
Lapham's Quarterly Is Awesome Sauce
Lapham's Quarterly is a quarterly magazine that takes one topic, such as labor, cities, fame, sport and games, medicine, etc. and intersperses contemporary writing on the topic with collected historical writing from throughout the ages. I subscribed to Lapham's Quarterly this year because it looked like it might provide some interesting background ( Read more... ) -
Fun and Data with Elizabeth Warren
Hey kids, guess what! We don't have to resort to anecdotes to see how people are doing compared to previous generations. We can actually look at data! Fortunately, Elizabeth Warren, the never-to-be-confirmed appointee to the Consumer Protection Agency (and one of those who predicted the housing bubble and yelled to the rooftops about it) has ( Read more... ) -
What You Did vs What You Are
There was a video a while back on discussions about race that I found very interesting. I was reminded of it in the conversations below as the conversation got more heated, so I thought I would share it here.
That makes this argument by rebelowl42"This is a Union busting argument. Here is why ( Read more... ) -
Teachers and Unions Part II
A few notes of clarification as I try to consolidate my thoughts and head off a few side issues.
First, those of you who live in Texas are nuts for living and working in a blasted land full of anti-worker a-holes. I know, I know, you follow the jobs, etc. However, a lot of the problems that I am hearing, especially from rebelowl have as much to do with ( Read more... ) -
Ineffective Teachers
So here is the first of what I hope is a more regular posting schedule.
( Union Protections and the Inability to Police Our Own )
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