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Papa John's CEO Warns Obamacare Will Mean Higher Pizza Prices -- Okay, Slightly Higher Pizza Prices -- Okay, Barely Noticeable Higher Pizza Prices -- But Still, GRRR!

Strong words of warning from John Schnatter, founder and CEO of Papa John's to those who love themselves a slice of chain-store pizza. Last week, Schnatter (a Mitt Romney backer) said during a phone call with shareholders that if Obamacare is passed, the new healthcare law (set to go into effect i ... More >>

Big Brain 2012 Finalist: John Cavanagh

You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley's emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2012 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 7, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introdu ... More >>

This Week's Tastiest Links!

• Did you see Laurie Notaro's Eight Food(ie) Terms Past Their Expiration Dates? Oh my, it's a mouthfeel -- and we're just talking about the comment section. - Chow Bella • Jon Stewart gives "pink slime" the business, but in the end, delicious, mechanically separated meat pulp gets the last laug ... More >>

Walmart Refuses to Discuss Employee's Refusal to Sell Jared Loughner Ammo

​The Wall Street Journal, among other large-scale news outlets, has reported that Jared Loughner, the suspect in Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, bought ammunition used in the massacre at a local Walmart hours before the shooting. That, as the story goes, was only after an employee at a diff ... More >>

Bristol Palin at ASU: Rumors of Her Attending Cronkite School (the School's Potential Demise) Greatly Exaggerated, Dean Says

www.punditkitchen.com​Did you hear Bristol Palin, daughter of one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is moving to the Grand Canyon State to attend Arizona State University? So did Chris Callahan, dean of ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication -- the school Pal ... More >>

No. 9 Merle Haggard - Countdown of the Best Concerts of 2010

​Over the last ten weekdays of 2010 Up On The Sun will be counting down the best live shows of 2010.Today we look at the #9 show of the year, outlaw country legend Merle Haggard at Mesa Arts Center.

Competitive Eating: Zach Fowle's Adventures in Man vs. Food

Doug Ducey's Record at Cold Stone Could End Up His Albatross

Andrei Cherny's ad attacking Doug Ducey has the ex-Cold Stone CEO playing defense My head's been so buried in statistics for an upcoming feature that I missed a news conference last week for former Clinton advisor and Democratic contender for Arizona State Treasurer Andrei Cherny. In it, the Cherny ... More >>

Doug Ducey's Record at Cold Stone Could End Up His Albatross

Andrei Cherny's ad attacking Doug Ducey has the ex-Cold Stone CEO playing defense My head's been so buried in statistics for an upcoming feature that I missed a news conference last week for former Clinton advisor and Democratic contender for Arizona State Treasurer Andrei Cherny. In it, the Cherny ... More >>

Ray Stevens' Dumb, Anti-Immigrant Song "Come To the U.S.A."

Nearly two million views and growing, Stevens' redneck anthem "Come To the U.S.A."I'm sure everyone under the age of 45 is scratching their heads, going, "Ray, who?" But Ray Stevens was actually popular in the '70s for a second, crooning silly comedy songs about streaking and one called, believe it ... More >>

Shakira Shakes Her Hips in Protest Over SB 1070, Phil Gordon Pursues Lawsuit, Pima County Sheriff Blasts Law, San Francisco Joins Boycott, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder May Step In

pic by "Reuel" Gentlemen, with Shakira in our corner, the war over SB 1070 may be won Colombian pop tart Shakira will be in town on Thursday to lend her voice to the chorus of those opposing the state's racist new immigration law. She'll be in Phoenix Thursday to meet with Phoenix Mayor ... More >>

Why Janet Napolitano Should Read the Cato Institute Report on Immigration Reform

It'd do the hate-filled nativist knuckledraggers good to read the latest Cato Institute report, Restriction or Legalization? Measuring the Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform, but I can't be sure if these pseudo-patriot pinheads can read past a third grade education. So, instead, I'm going ... More >>

Former New Times Writer Honored

Budget Beat: TexAZ's Dow Burger

The Dow burger: When the market tanks, you win! The good people behind TexAZ must be feeling a bit of schadenfreude during the economic downturn, and now they've got a deal that lets you, the hungry but budget-minded diner, join in the fun. The popular Texas-themed steak-ribs-and-burger join ... 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 >>

On Appreciating Clamato and Parking Tickets

Sarah Palin can run on her record, proudly

No one is saying you should waste water, but in Phoenix it's hard to come up with a reason not to

Self-Mutilation

AZ's new employer-sanctions law will hurt workers, employers, and the economy, in what can only be seen as a massive self-inflicted wound

Revolting Development

The CityNorth project hosed Phoenix taxpayers, but don't look to city leaders for an apology

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, August 2, 2007

Pearl Harbor

Doing justice to Mariane and Daniel’s story

It's a Wrap

Can the Web save Arizona's largest daily newspaper?

Defending Zack de la Rocha: Rage Against the Machine vs. KTAR's Darrell Ankarlo

Not So Slick, Rick

Congressman Renzi's big land-swap fibs are finally catching up to him

They Did What?

2005's top WTF? moments

About a Man

In Good Company resonates with universal struggles

Raging Bull

Kerry's a wuss. Dubya's a doof. How can anybody vote for either of these clowns?

Of Boobs and Blood

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

Arabian Knight

Jack Shaheen crusades against cinema's depiction of Reel Bad Arabs

Eclectic Avenue

From Snoop Dogg to Doug Sahm, Austin's Gourds revel in making magic out of every sound imaginable

Ad Nauseam

Everything has its price. Even the Republic's front page.

Dot-Bomb

Foodline.com strings freelancers along.

Race Tracks

Author Jon Entine comes to Phoenix to dissect the Taboo subject of why blacks dominate sports

Patty Larkin

Regrooving the Dream
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Meet the New Boss, Same As the Old Boss

The nation's largest newspaper chain buys the state's biggest paper -- but will anyone even notice the difference?

Flashes

Flashes

Flashes

Letters

Flashes

Tokin' Resistance

Proposition 200 -- the Drug Medicalization Act -- is causing high anxiety among politicians and lawmen

We're Setting Trends Again

Far-flung government bond fiasco dubbed "Son of Maricopa"

Alcor Ya in the Morning or Tomorrow Never Knows

Formal Complaint

High-fashion salesman Dick Kovacic knows how to make women look good. So why are national pundits and congressmen trying to make him look bad?

HIGHER YEARNING

INVESTORS WANT WESTERN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TO CASH IN ON THE MBA CRAZE. BUT THE SCHOOL HAS YET TO MASTER ITS OWN BUSINESS PROBLEMS

UNEARNED INCOME

CABLE'S NEW TUBE STAKETHE BIG TV WINDFALL CONGRESS PROMISED MAY END UP COSTING YOU

WHOSE VOICE IS THAT?

AN ASU AUTHOR EXAMINES THE SOURCES OF MARTIN LUTHER KING'S POWERFUL WORDS

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