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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2010 Stories by Stephen Lemons

• Le Templar Hawks Gun Rights for Goldwater Institute, and Why I Just Purchased My First Minuteman Missile

  published Feb 02, 2010

  I've always dreamed of riding a nuclear payload right into enemy territory a la Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove (whatever "enemy territory" is these days), and I'm a step closer becau... More >>

• Joe Arpaio and ICE's Joint Victim: Maria del Carmen Garcia-Martinez, and Why ICE Should Not Be Partnering with MCSO's Jails

  published Feb 02, 2010

  A pack of MCSO detention officers -- some of them 287(g)-trained -- walk Garcia-Martinez into a room to get her fingerprint on an ICE document.I recently watched with great skepticism and annoyance IC... More >>

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  Barack Obama's State of the Union: Immigration Reform Not on Agenda

  published Jan 28, 2010

  Barack Obama achieved the presidency in part because of the votes of U.S. Hispanics. According the Pew Hispanic Center, 67 percent of Latinos voted for Obama over John McCain in 2008. And yet, ... More >>

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  Cottonwood Rednecks Freak Over Korean Statue of Mother Earth Named "Mago"

  published Jan 27, 2010

  To cop and alter a line from Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I, the rednecks are revolting! Yeah, man, they stink on ice.Like you needed more proof that Arizona's chock full of backwards, ... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's Popularity "Collapses" According to Rocky Mountain Poll, but the News Isn't Quite as Exciting as Alleged

  published Jan 26, 2010

  A new BRC Rocky Mountain Poll shows Sheriff Joe's approval rating slipping in Maricopa County, though I find the poll's claim that Arpaio's popularity has collapsed to be premature. Countywide,... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's Flacks Are Right About One Thing: ICE Honcho John Morton Is a Colossal Hypocrite

  published Jan 25, 2010

  Sheriff Arpaio's flacks are usually full of it, churning out press release after press release with the sole purpose of puffing up Joe's jowly profile for the public. But once in a blue billy goa... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio, Walkin' on the Waterr Wacky, Nativist African-American Preacher Compares Sheriff Joe to Jesus Christ

  published Jan 25, 2010

  Usually, folks like to compare Sheriff Joe to rather nefarious historical figures, you know, like Bull Connor, Idi Amin, Augusto Pinochet, Benito Mussolini (well, they're both Italian), and so ... More >>

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  E.J. Montini Earns His Pizza By Kissing Up to Joe Arpaio, Yet Again

  published Jan 21, 2010

  According to the Rep's E.J. Montini, if you oppose Sheriff Joe Arpaio and you lose at the polls, you should just keep your gob shut.Wow, talk about a mouthpiece for the little old ladies in Sun City, ... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Pays Dennis Gilman the Ultimate Compliment, Better Than E.J. Montini's Pizzas

  published Jan 20, 2010

  The nativists love to hate Dennis Gilman, the activist/videographer who's always documenting their dirty deeds. And there's no love lost between the MCSO and Gilman either. Joe Arpaio's deput... More >>

• Russell Pearce's Senate Bill 1070: Yet More Nativist Legislation Outlawing Brown People Brought to Us By a Neo-Nazi Hugger

  published Jan 19, 2010

  Remember that 10,000 person anti-Arpaio march that happened recentlyr You know, like four days agorThat was really great and all, but where we need those 10,000-plus persons right now is down at the A... More >>

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  Photo of Anarchists Assaulting a Horse at the Anti-Arpaio March, and Analysis of the Video It Came From (w/Update)

  published Jan 19, 2010

  I watched an interesting video yesterday, one that generally belies the claims of Phoenix anarchists that they were attacked by Phoenix cops and that the cops were being overly aggressive with them.Th... More >>

• More Video of Anarchists' Altercation with Phoenix PD, So Far, the Video Does Not Back the Anarchists' Claims

  published Jan 18, 2010

  Another video of Saturday's showdown between cops and anarchists, watch for the conflict to begin about 4 minutes inAs the debate roils online about the pepper-spraying incident at Saturday's anti-Arp... More >>

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  Footage of Phoenix Cop on Horseback Pepper Spraying Anarchists

  published Jan 17, 2010

  A YouTube video by "dorkatron" showing a cop on horseback deploying her pepper sprayI was just sent a link to this YouTube video above showing the female officer on horseback from Saturday's march, pe... More >>

• Scuffles Between So-Called Anarchists and Cops, and the Use of Pepper Spray, Mar Today's Anti-Arpaio March

  published Jan 16, 2010

  California videographer Naui's footage from the pepper spray incident...the title and content is Naui's alone...I am so disgusted by today's events at the big anti-Arpaio march to Joe's jails that I h... More >>

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  Linda Ronstadt, Zack de la Rocha, and Little Joe Blast Joe Arpaio, Raise Dolo for Macehualli/Tonatierra

  published Jan 16, 2010

  I'm on my way down to Phoenix's Falcon Park, where one of the largest anti-Arpaio marches in history is now gathering, but I would be remiss if I didn't post a short note about the fundraiser at Maric... More >>

• NAACP's Rev. Oscar Tillman Knocks Ad in Rep Comparing Joe Arpaio to Bull Connor

  published Jan 15, 2010

  Sheriff Joe received a little support today from an unlikely source, the Rev. Oscar Tillman, President of the Maricopa County branch of the NAACP.I contacted Rev. Tillman to ask his opinion of a half-... More >>

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  E.J. Montini, Take a Powder; Richard Ruelas, Take His Place, Please

  published Jan 15, 2010

  If the editors over at Phoenix's daily fishwrap had half a brain, they'd relegate their star columnist E.J. "Milksop" Montini to checking typos in the classifieds, and make Richard Ruelas his replacem... More >>

• Walmart Gun Incident: Videos from Nativist Lynne Stevens and Pro-Immigrant Activist Dennis Gilman

  published Jan 14, 2010

  Here are two disturbing videos regarding the Walmart gun-pulling incident I wrote about for  the current Bird column. One is from the gun-puller herself, nativist Lynne Stevens, the other from ac... More >>

• Joe Arpaio's Chief Deputy David Hendershott Fails to Have Pending Deposition in Racial Profiling Case Sealed

  published Jan 13, 2010

  As I recently noted in an update to one of my blogs, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Chief Deputy David Hendershott is scheduled to be deposed in the big Melendres vs. Arpaio racial profiling lawsuit this Tuesda... More >>

• Joe Arpaio Grand Jury Probe Begins, One Witness' Lawyer Expects Investigation to Last "Six Months"

  published Jan 13, 2010

  There was a chill, and dare I say it, a thrill in the air for some, on this winter Wednesday morning, the first day of a federal grand jury looking into criminal abuses of power by Sheriff Joe Arpaio.... More >>

• Word To the Nativists: Learn to Type, Your Phone Messages Are Lame

  published Jan 12, 2010

  I imagine my nativist callers look something like these guys..I'm not sure why the nativists bother to call me up and leave anonymous, racist messages on my phone mail. I mean, if they knew how t... More >>

• Nativists Go Nuts at a Phoenix Walmart, and the Arizona Republic Belittles the U.S. Attorney’s Investigation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio

  published January 14, 2010

  WAY OF THE GUN Why doesn't it surprise me that nativist stalwart Lynne Stevens, known... More >>

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  Federal Witnesses Against Joe Arpaio Still Fear MCSO; U.S. Attorney's Office Suggested They Go Public (w/Special Notes)

  published Jan 08, 2010

  I spoke briefly today with both County Manager David Smith and County Budget Director Sandi Wilson, who yesterday confirmed to Channel 5's Morgan Loew that they had both been subpoenaed to testify bef... More >>

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  Emil Pulsifer's Intriguing Essay on the Subject of Immigration

  published Jan 08, 2010

  Regular readers of the Feathered Bastard blog are familiar with the trenchant, and often amusing observations of regular commenter Emil Pulsifer. So you will be interested in Pulsifer's recent,... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Subject of Federal Grand Jury, Channel 5 Reports (w/Update)

  published Jan 07, 2010

  According to KPHO's 5 p.m. newscast, the station has confirmed that a federal grand jury is looking into Sheriff Joe Arpaio's abuses of power, and his retaliatory investigations of hi... More >>