Email Author Stephen Lemons

Awards

• 2012 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 12, 2011

  "White Lies"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published November 3, 2011

  "Sourpuss"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 3, 2011

  "Recalling Russell Pearce"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 14, 2011

  "His Own Worst Enemy"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 3, 2011

  "Kissing His Political Career Goodbye"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

• 2010 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Feathered Bastard

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  Feathered Bastard

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published April 7, 2005

  "Behind the Green Door"

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2007 Stories by Stephen Lemons

• Holocaust denier Eric D. Williams attends 9/11 Accountability Conference; Prof. James Fetzer defends anti-Semite

  published Feb 24, 2007

  Holocaust denier Eric Williams (left) with NY 9/11 activist Sander Hicks (right) at the 9/11 Accountability "press conference" Friday, February 23, 2007. Despite statements on 911Accountab... More >>

• The Friday Poll: Who do you wanna see bald other than Britney Spearsr

  published Feb 23, 2007

  Gov. Janet Napolitano: Hey, that's one way to lose the mullet. In honor of ex-pop tart Britney Spears goin' all cue ball on us, this week's Friday poll is a simple one: "Which celebrit... More >>

• Arizona Republic publishes puff piece on Chandler 9/11 Conference

  published Feb 23, 2007

  The Rep's reportorial kitty cat: I could Google 9/11, but then I'd have to get off my ass. Following the East Valley Tribune's verbal BJ of the 9/11 Accountability Conference taking plac... More >>

• Kook Congress

  published February 22, 2007

  This ornery oriole's been crowin' loud and proud ("Denier's Conference," February 1) over... More >>

• Hump Day Honey #4: Naughty Nicole

  published Feb 21, 2007

  Imagine that cleavage covered in vanilla pudding. This week's Wednesday wench is a hella-voluptuous vixen, a va-va-voom Venus with the kinda curves that're a throwback to the screen sire... More >>

• Poor little Phil Gordon only has four friends!

  published Feb 20, 2007

  No, Phil, you're supposed to stick the gun in your mouth... Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is a major dweeb, the kinda guy who probably got his lunch money stolen from him when he was in grad... More >>

• Ripley's Believe It or Not: East Valley Tribune Endorses 9/11 Conspiranuts

  published Feb 19, 2007

  Trib Editor Jim Ripley says the paper doesn't need any more 9/11 sources: These will do. In an example of incredible numbskullery and piss-poor reporting, even for that rumor of a news... More >>

• 1480 KPHX's Jeff Farias, coward; Kent Knudson, convicted felon.

  published Feb 17, 2007

  Air America Phoenix Scaredy-cat radio jock Jeff Farias: Whoa, Jeff, is that 40-weight in your hair, or whatr Kent Knudson was on Jeff Farias' 1480 KPHX show "The Truth to Power Hour" tod... More >>

• My Bloody Valentine: Tiffany Sutton's prior bloodlettings...

  published Feb 16, 2007

  Alleged vampirish vixen Tiffany Sutton: Is she a man eaterr None other than "Mr. Mike," aka Michael O'Donoghue, renowned comedy writer for National Lampoon, Saturday Night Live , and oth... More >>

• The New Times Friday Poll: Who're you feelin' right now, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, or Rudy Giulianir

  published Feb 16, 2007

  Obama: Young, smart, good-lookin', with charisma out the wazoo. Hey, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat and even I can't stand Hillary Clinton! I mean, she just comes off as a royal, Class ... More >>

• Holocaust deniers do prison: first David Irving, now Ernst Zundel. Could Eric Williams be nextr

  published Feb 16, 2007

  www.nizkor.org Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel in better days... Being a scribbler myself, I generally don't think people should be jailed for expressing themselves, even if they traffic in d... More >>

• Online captives Alessandra Soler Meetze, Dylan Avery and Alex Jones set free in virtual dinghy by local 9/11 kooks! Will Holocaust denier Eric Williams go down with the shipr

  published Feb 14, 2007

  So whose idea was it to put a Holocaust denier in charger Looks like convicted felon Kent "Cow Killer" Knudson, the "chief cook" of the 9/11 deniers' conference in Chandler, has finally r... More >>

• Burn, Baby, Burn!

  published February 15, 2007

  With her silver power-mullet, support hose, and ankle-length leopard-print skirt, Laine Roberta Lawless is a cross between Ma Barker, Dog the... More >>

• Hump Day Honey #3, Valentine's Edition: De-Lovely Leah

  published Feb 14, 2007

  www.Tempe12.com Brown-eyed siren Leah, a V-day gift from above. If last week's Wednesday dime was naughty, this week's is so sweet just gazing at her pics will fill your grill with cavities... More >>

• And now for something completely different: ScrewLooseChange blogger Pat Curley on the BBC!

  published Feb 13, 2007

  The BBC's John Cleese welcomes Pat Curley on the show: "Now, Pat, what's up with all these 9/11 moon-howlers, old chumr" Bravo to PHX's own anti-moonbat blogger Pat "Give 'Em Hell" Curley of Scr... More >>

• Whoops! Alex Jones also takes a powder on the 9/11 Chandler conference.

  published Feb 13, 2007

  from www.wikipedia.org A Rotroscoped Alex Jones from his A Scanner Darkly cameo. Totally forgot to mention this when I reported on Dylan Avery bowing out of the 9/11 Chandler conference, but ta... More >>

• Moonbattery acid: 9/11-denier Kevin Barrett, the Chandler Conference and the Holocaust

  published Feb 13, 2007

  www.911Accountability.org White-boy Muslim prof Kevin Barrett denies he's a Holocaust denier. Nobody wants to be a Holocaust denier, not even a Holocaust denier like Eric Williams, author of The ... More >>

• Free the AZ ACLU's Alessandra Soler Meetze!

  published Feb 12, 2007

  How many nuts are left in the 9/11 Accountability canr Ask Kent Knudson. It's less than two weeks before the 9/11 Accountability conference is to be held in Chandler, AZ, and a whole week after ... More >>

• DEBACLE! "Loose Change" director Dylan Avery jumps ship on 9/11 Accountability Conference.

  published Feb 10, 2007

  http://www.myspace.com/loosechange911 Like a Rolling Stone: The other Dylan, Dylan Avery, rolls on past the Chandler 9/11 conference. As reported by the badass bloggers of ScrewLooseChange, Dylan... More >>

• The Friday Poll: Anna Nicole Smith, do you give a rat's assr

  published Feb 09, 2007

  "Goodbye, Norma Jean..." Anna Nicole and I, moments before she buried my grill in her massive cleavage. Can someone punch up Elton John's Candle in the Windr Yes, as our year of national... More >>

• 9/11 South Park: Who dropped a deuce in the urinalr

  published Feb 07, 2007

  www.southparkstudios.com With the Hardly Boys on the case, those "troofers" will be outed in no time. 9/11 conspiracy nuts causing you massive migrainesr Tired of reading their retarded Web site... More >>

• Hump Day Honey #2: Cookie Monster

  published Feb 07, 2007

  www.myspace.com/ppgprez Imagine munching out on this Cookie... Please forgive. Late getting this post up due to technical difficulties. But we seem to be back in the saddle now. This ... More >>

• AZ ACLU Director Alessandra Soler Meetze Withdraws from 9/11 Conference

  published Feb 05, 2007

  ACLU Director Meetze wises up to the ways of the 9/11 wackos. Though her name's still up as a "Confirmed Speaker" on 911Accountability.org, AZ ACLU Director Alessandra Soler Meetze told me today... More >>

• Charles Goyette: Free at last!

  published Feb 04, 2007

  by Pikaluk, from Wikimedia Commons Mad cow: Not a fan of Kent Knudson. Charles Goyette's name is finally off the 911Accountability.org website. The 911 deniers have fought since Thursday t... More >>

• Charles Goyette attempts escape from the 9/11 nuts!

  published Feb 04, 2007

  Charles Goyette: Yearning to breathe free... KFNX 1100 AM morning host Charles Goyette continues to be an online hostage of the 9/11 kooks on 911Accountability.org. Goyette's name is all over th... More >>