Dwight D. Eisenhower

Arpaio Awaits Justice as Election Looms

The Mormon Dilemma: What About Mormon Latinos?

Arizona Congressman David Schweikert Falsely Claims Illegal Immigrants Are No Longer Afraid

See Also: Obama's 287(g) Move Bogus, Activists Call on Feds to Cut Ties with ArizonSee Also: Bill Montgomery Blames Obama's 287(g) Move for Attack on Phoenix Cop Arizona Congressman David Schweikert is taking a jab at the Obama administration for its decision to scrap part of a federa ... More >>

Is "Artisan" Food Made for the Masses Still "Artisan"?

Mitt Romney's Arizona Problem: Randy Pullen vs. Shane Wikfors (and Maybe Tom Morrissey)

Wikfors on Sunday Square Off, sparking a firestorm Mitt Romney may be attempting a shift to the center on immigration, but word has yet to trickle down to the hardcore nativists of the Arizona Republican Party.As the GOP presidential hopeful was in Florida yesterday trying to woo the National A ... More >>

Glenn Spencer's Lawyer John Munger Calls Me a "Wacko" as He Mainstreams a Racist Anti-Semite

You'd think a practicing lawyer, former president of the Arizona Board of Regents, and erstwhile GOP gubernatorial candidate would possess a lick of sense. But Tucson attorney John Munger is proof positive that possession of a swell resume is no guarantee of intelligence.Munger is the fella who rece ... More >>

Ethnic Studies Revolt: Banned Book Caravan To Barnstorm Tucson

Tony Diaz, dropping some knowledge with the Libro-Traficante caravanArizona's ethnic studies ban has resulted in the eradication of the successful and popular Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District, and a backward edict banning certain supposedly "dangerous" books by ... More >>

Arizona Republican Party Hate-Fest Video

Above is videographer Dennis Gilman's take on the state GOP meeting in January, which I covered in a previous post.As you'll see, a lot of Arizona Republicans, not unlike their national counterparts, define themselves by what they hate: President Barack Obama, minorities, gays, and the undocumented. ... More >>

DREAM Act Demise: Republicans, the Enemies of Christmas

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski: Living proof that not all GOPer hate LatinosI've always wondered who the Republicans hate more: Latinos or gays?Now that the DREAM Act has failed a cloture vote in the U.S. Senate, while the effort to end Don't Ask Don't Tell succeeded, I guess we know.Naturally, I'm m ... More >>

Roger Waters the Grownup Versus Syd Barrett the Kid

Roger Waters the Grownup Versus Syd Barrett the Kid

The Space Burger: A Cosmic Experience on the Road to San Diego

​You've seen this, right? If you've driven to San Diego, you have. Right off the main drag through Gila Bend, the Best Western Space Age Lodge and Restaurant was opened in 1965 by Al Stovall, a friend of President Eisenhower and supplier of metals and plastics to the federal government during WW ... More >>

Badlands: For Those Living in the Arizona County That's Ground Zero for Drug and Human Trafficking Along the Border, the Illegal Immigration Crisis Is Personal

J.D. Hayworth Calls John McCain's World War II History Lesson "Shameful"

​Last weekend, Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth shocked us all with his interesting take on the U.S.' involvement in World War II, which prompted a very-public history lesson from John McCain, his opponent in the GOP Senate primary. Today, Hayworth is saying McCain's World War II tutorial is ... More >>

John McCain Campaign Continues to Play J.D. Hayworth "Dumbest-Member-of-Congress" Card After J.D.'s Latest Gaff

www.printedclothing.com​ Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth made one of his more-legendary gaffs over the weekend, and Senator John McCain's campaign responded the way it often does when J.D. opens his trap and something dumb comes out: with a mildly humorous Web ad.In case you missed it, ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth Says the U.S. Never Declared War on Nazi Germany -- Tell That to Private Ryan

​Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth addressed a group of Arizona Republicans over the weekend and lent some extra credibility to the survey that ranked him among the dumbest members of Congress.The dude says the U.S. never declared war on the Nazis during World War II.Hayworth was asked a question a ... More >>

Pink Floyd's The Wall Turned Into a Musical? The 30th Anniversary Tour Might Not Be the Only New Wall Project

Roger Waters: Writer of musicals and graffiti artist?​So I guess it's officially time for every superstar rock musician who was once edgy and cool to make a fucking musical. As if it wasn't enough for The Who to do it in the '70s or Green Day now, TwentyFourBit reports that Pink Floyd's Roger Wat ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 24, 2009

The Pink Negro: As an Ivy League Lawyer, is President Barack Obama Hard Enough to Confront the Evil Personified by Sheriff Joe Arpaio?

Examined Life: Astra Taylor Asks Cornel West and Crew to Take on the Big Question

Sand Land Rednecks Rally for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Harass Mayor Gordon at His Home.

The Bird pecks away at Janet Napolitano’s lame defense of Russell Pearce and tears Fulton Brock a new one

Three Congressmen call for J.T. Ready's ouster, the Nationalist Coalition's PHX "family night," and Oi Fest! in Tonopah.

Nathan Sproul strikes again: Mailer spotlights link between Russell Pearce and neo-Nazi J.T. Ready.

The Bird shelters Pima County Legal Defender Isabel Garcia from the flak she’s received for hoisting an Arpaio piñata head

U.S.A. racists rally at Thursday Clean Elections debate between Russell Pearce and Kevin Gibbons.

Let freedom rock: Ten musical moments that shaped who we are as a country

Two-ton turd-Reicher J.T. Ready distributes anti-Semitic and racist propaganda at County Republican meeting.

Vick-timization

Backstabbing in Buckeye, DMX's doggy woes, and nativist grandstanding over Officer Erfle's murder p.o. P-town's prickly pelican

More fun with the John Birch Society...

John Birch-ers, Ron Paul-ites and loads of white folk at Gilbert's Constitution Week Fair.

Bird Boycott

The truculent tweeter tackles Mayor Phil, PHX City Council hypocrisy, and goofball prez wanna-be Fred Thompson

Dueling Mormons

Marshal Jeff Flake goes toe-to-toe with Russell Pearce, and a former New Times staffer's popped for armed robbery

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, October 26, 2006

Mesa Muttonhead

The veterinary vulture asks, is it merely hoof-in-mouth disease or the ravings of a racist dumb-ass?

Shrine Whine

Governor Photo-Op was wrapping herself in the flag over the new AZ 9/11 shrine. Now, she who puts the P in politician's running for cover

Blood Business

Probing America's passion for war

Think Peace

Poets and musicians pipe up

Hold the Oil

Lunch with an environmentalist offers food for thought

Several Dog Night

At least nobody's demanding Geritol or Depends

Flashes

Spelling Counts

NONE DARE CALL IT REASONARIZONA IS A HOTBED OF CONSTITUTIONALIST DISSENT, AND HERE ARE FOUR WHO FUEL THE PATRIOT FLAME

THE OBJECT OF THEIR DESIRE

WOULD-BE POWER COUPLE TOM AND LINDA RAWLES WANT VOTES MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE

BRUSH WITH THE LAWPHOENIX'S REGAL LEGALS ARE WELL-BRIEFED IN THE ARTS

DWM SEEKS REPARATIONS

A TABLOID-AD COURTSHIP WINDS UP IN COURT