Category Archives: politics

  As my students gear up to read The Great Gatsby, I was looking for a hook this morning to help them understand the sociocultural norms of the 20s, and particularly the distinguishing characteristics of class and upbringing. Nick, the … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 1, 2013 by sabasabas | Leave a comment

Proud to Work

Posted on September 9, 2013 by sabasabas

I was rocking my yard yesterday, and by that I don’t mean I was head-banging and playing air guitar, although to say I’ve never done that would be a lie. I was unloading and spreading a truckload of DG rock … Continue reading →

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Let Them Eat Popcorn

Posted on August 30, 2013 by sabasabas

Woody Allen’s new movie, Blue Jasmine, sent me into paroxysms of literary glee. His paean to Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire hit all of its marks and then some. I fully expect Cate Blanchett to win an Oscar for … Continue reading →

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Ethical Suicide: Three Contenders

Posted on August 22, 2013 by sabasabas

  Among the high-profile news stories that caught my attention this week, the Duncan, Oklahoma execution of a young Aussie baseball player looms large, while a nutbag would-be school shooter came in a close second, followed by the Ontario case … Continue reading →

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A Big Arriba For Nogales, Mexico

Posted on August 15, 2013 by sabasabas

  As a longtime Tucsonan, let me enumerate (or emunerate) five compelling reasons to head South, cross the border, and patronize our border city, Nogales, Sonora. Yes, little Timmy, the Nogales that’s in Mexico. One of the many reasons I … Continue reading →

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Privacy#notanissue#

Posted on August 14, 2013 by sabasabas

  Trapwire, NEC networks, smartphones as tracking devices, drones, wiretapping, spycams…our Cowardly New World seems to know no boundaries where privacy is concerned. This morning, my students and I were discussing spying as a motif in Hamlet, and extended the … Continue reading →

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Ewww!!

Posted on August 12, 2013 by sabasabas

The Andrew Weiner and Bob Filner sex scandals have hardly caused a ripple in the already-churning political waters where publicity of any sort is coveted. It’s as if the voting public merely sighs and slouches on toward an inevitable inertia … Continue reading →

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Yes, Jose, There is Such a Thing as Free Lunch

Posted on March 29, 2011 by sabasabas

As I and thousands of my dedicated brethren on the front lines, the public school teachers across our nation, are joining the ranks of the unemployed, our young charges complain about the quality of their breakfast burritos. I hear the … Continue reading →

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