Religious Concepts

Arizona Kids Can Now Learn About the Bible at School -- but No Other Religious Texts

Under Arizona law, "all books, publications, papers and audiovisual materials of a sectarian, partisan or denominational character" are prohibited from public schools and their libraries.Thanks to Governor Jan Brewer's signature on House Bill 2563, that law now excludes the Bible.The Bible's been de ... More >>

Employers Not Covering Contraception for Religious or Moral Reasons: Yay or Nay?

​The Arizona Senate is currently considering a bill that would keep all of the existing prescription drug coverage for any medications your doctor prescribes for you, unless it's contraception.It's been the law in Arizona since 2003 that prescription contraception is treated just like any other m ... More >>

Religious Experience

​The Arizona Senate is currently considering a bill that would keep all of the existing prescription drug coverage for any medications your doctor prescribes for you, unless it's contraception.It's been the law in Arizona since 2003 that prescription contraception is treated just like any other m ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer and State of Arizona Sued Over "Day of Prayer" Proclamations

​ A group of Valley freethinkers want Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to stop calling on Arizona residents to pray about the budget or anything else. Two attorneys and several area residents, all members of the national Freedom From Religion Foundation, filed a lawsuit in federal c ... More >>

Tales from the Underground

The old Nile Basement reopens

Monster Energy

Catch Grave Digger and Monster Mutt at the Chase

Superstition Review Reading feat. Carol Ann Bassett

Catch Grave Digger and Monster Mutt at the Chase

Charline Ratcliff

Catch Grave Digger and Monster Mutt at the Chase

Community Movie Night: Religulous

Catch Grave Digger and Monster Mutt at the Chase

Philharmonic Convergence

Symphony bows with a sonic boom of a show

Charline Ratcliff

Symphony bows with a sonic boom of a show

Nurse Claims Arizona Heart Hospital Violated Her Rights by Demanding "Unholy" Immunizations as Hiring Condition

  An Apache Junction woman claims the Arizona Heart Hospital violated her right to religious freedom by demanding she be immunized as a condition of employment. Melissa Allen, a licensed nurse, applied at the Phoenix hospital two years ago as a patient care assistant and was told ... More >>

Tisa Wenger

  An Apache Junction woman claims the Arizona Heart Hospital violated her right to religious freedom by demanding she be immunized as a condition of employment. Melissa Allen, a licensed nurse, applied at the Phoenix hospital two years ago as a patient care assistant and was told ... More >>

Chemtrails: Strong Competitor for Dumbest Conspiracy Theory Ever

Most conspiracy theories are so ridiculous, it's hard to choose which are the least plausible or which faces the higher mountain of opposing evidence. Some seem within the realm of the possible, such as the ones that surround the assassination of JFK, the Pearl Harbor attack or the murder of Pr ... More >>

It's Texas' Turn to battle with Polygamy

Most conspiracy theories are so ridiculous, it's hard to choose which are the least plausible or which faces the higher mountain of opposing evidence. Some seem within the realm of the possible, such as the ones that surround the assassination of JFK, the Pearl Harbor attack or the murder of Pr ... More >>

Sara Paretsky

Most conspiracy theories are so ridiculous, it's hard to choose which are the least plausible or which faces the higher mountain of opposing evidence. Some seem within the realm of the possible, such as the ones that surround the assassination of JFK, the Pearl Harbor attack or the murder of Pr ... More >>

Carolyn Jessop

Most conspiracy theories are so ridiculous, it's hard to choose which are the least plausible or which faces the higher mountain of opposing evidence. Some seem within the realm of the possible, such as the ones that surround the assassination of JFK, the Pearl Harbor attack or the murder of Pr ... More >>

Persecution Complex

Prophet Warren Jeffs' conviction won't stop underage marriages among his followers, much less end polygamy

Priestbird

In Your Time
(Kemado)

It Practices What They Preach

Cast into the spotlight by fugitive polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, the mainstream Mormon Church's trying to distance itself from its infamous cousin

Red Dusk

The invasion of the Russian fantasy blockbuster

FBI Raids Polygs

Federal agents descend on fugitive polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs' followers with 66 subpoenas. Five were served

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, January 12, 2006

Federal agents descend on fugitive polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs' followers with 66 subpoenas. Five were served

Crash Course

Fundamentalist Mormons lose control of Colorado City's school district, as a criminal investigation continues

Wanted: Armed and Dangerous

As the FBI chases polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, work continues 24/7 on his religion's foreboding new Texas capital

Under Siege

Polygamists are barricading their homes in the midst of mounting legal assaults by authorities

On a Wing and a Prayer

Finding the Colorado City school district's airplane could lead to polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs' arrest

Micah P. Hinson

Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress
(Sketchbook)

Derail Polygamy's Money Train

A bill before the Legislature would allow the state to begin reforming a society that steals public money and abuses underage girls

Commentary

Dangerous Dance

Ominous storm clouds threaten to trample the Constitution and turn our republic into a theocracy.

Icky, Icky, Icky

Nicole Kidman falls in love with a 10-year-old boy . . . sorry, her dead husband

Letters

Letters from the week of October 28, 2004

Janet's Missed Opportunity

Governor Napolitano went to Utah, and all we got was some lousy ring kissing.

The Man Behind the Curtain

Governor Napolitano went to Utah, and all we got was some lousy ring kissing.

Blasphemous Backlash

Ross Chatwin said no way to polygamy's holy man before the national press. Will others join him now?

Double Exposure

Arizona's finally followed Utah's lead and launched serious action to stop abuses by polygamists

Politics Over Principle

Napolitano and Goddard exhibit cowardly conduct in the polygamy probe

Victims' Refuge

Arizona and Utah officials decide to curb underage marriages by erecting a sheriff's substation in polygamy country

Utah Targets Polyg Prophet

While Arizona authorities languish, the Utah Attorney General's Office focuses on the leader of the fundamentalist Mormon Church

Letters

Letters from the week of August 7, 2003

Eyes Wide Shut

From Governor Janet Napolitano down, Arizona authorities have protected polygamous sexual predators with their indifference

House Rules

A surprising settlement in a Morman case

Fornicating for God

As the case of a snatched Mormon girl from Salt Lake City unfolds, polygamists along the Arizona-Utah border face legal scrutiny

Bound by Fear: Polygamy in Arizona

For decades the state has let a feudal colony of fundamentalist Mormons force underage girls into illegal polygamous marriages

Best Cult Restaurant

The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association Vegetarian House

Where Dead Voices Gather

By Nick Tosches (Little, Brown, & Co.; 352 pages; $24.95)

Ethereal Killer

Otherworldly Love Waits doesn't have a ghost of a chance

Buddhist Chic Magnet

Scottsdale chicks flock to this Tibetan monk

Dead Air

Past-life regression, psychic predictions and paranormal palaver: For 11 years, KTAR radio host Frank Baranowski has spooked his occult following

Pulp Friction

Conan creator Robert E. Howard vs. The Whole Wide World