The White House

Attention Arizona Secessionists: Some Considerations for Your Brilliant Plan

With President Obama's re-election, the empty threat from the people who just loathe the Leader of the Free World has changed from "I'M MOVING TO CANADA" to "WE'RE SECEDING."By "we're seceding," we're referring to the roughly 18,500 people who signed a petition on the Internet, asking the White Hous ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Still Trying to Invite Himself to the White House to Drink Obama's Alcohol

For the second time, Sheriff Joe Arpaio had publicly attempted to invite himself to the White House and consume President Obama's alcohol.We can't remember the last time Arpaio actually succeeded in inviting himself to meet someone (examples: George Lopez, Puente, the Mayor of Columbus, the CEO of C ... More >>

Obama Haters Are So Upset That They're Asking the White House to Let Arizona Secede

Why would out-of-towners ever write off Arizona as a place just full of bozos and lunatics?Well, the petition to the White House requesting that the Obama administration let Arizona secede from the Union and start its own government is a good place to start your research.

White House Releases Beer Recipes and They Look Delicious

See Also: Obama Confirms Release of White House Honey Ale Recipe Will Happen See Also: Homebrewer Demands Recipe for Obama's White House Honey Ale Over the Labor Day weekend the White House finally came through on their promises and released not one, but two recipes for beer fit for the President. ... More >>

Obama Confirms Release of White House Honey Ale Recipe Will Happen

See Also: Homebrewer Demands Recipe for Obama's White House Honey Ale President Obama vowed to run the most transparent administration in history. While we won't comment on his overall success, he's at least said he'll come through on delivering the White House Honey Ale recipe. On Wednesday, Oba ... More >>

Homebrewer Demands Recipe for Obama's White House Honey Ale

See Also: White House Pastry Chef Triggers Panic and Outrage with Mention of Molecular Gastronomy See Also: Here Come The Growlers: Starting at Midnight, Bars Can Hand Over 64 oz To Go The Freedom of Information Act is a powerful tool of democracy that let's common citizens delve deeply into the in ... More >>

White House Pastry Chef Triggers Panic and Outrage with Mention of Molecular Gastronomy

See Also: Home Edition of Six-Volume "Modernist Cuisine" Tome in the Works See Also: Molecular Gastronomy Meets Chicken Wings, Beer Cocktails and Other Super Bowl Pinterest Finds White House head pastry chef Bill Yosses recently caused a conspiracy laden stir after delivering a presentation on mole ... More >>

Droid Rage

What's the Dumbest Thing Joe Arpaio Said in Response to the Justice Department Lawsuit?

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was sued by the Justice Department yesterday over racial-discrimination claims, and not surprisingly, Arpaio had a little more than two cents to give to everyone yesterday.His responses ranged from the Justice Department having the wrong guy, wanting to play basket ... More >>

Top Ten Spots for Mac 'n' Cheese in the Valley

Mm, mm, mac 'n' cheese. President Thomas Jefferson had it for dinner at the White House in 1802, Crayola made it a crayon color in 1993, and Kraft sells more than one million boxes of it every day. Dressed up with additional ingredients or stripped down and simple, mac 'n' cheese, essentially cook ... More >>

Philadelphia Sandwich Company in Scottsdale Moving to Craftsman Court

​There's typically a line out the door at the Philadelphia Sandwich Company in Scottsdale on weekend nights, as the dozens of Old Town clubgoers flock to the tiny 24-7 joint for a post-2 a.m. nosh on cheesesteaks, chicken parm sammies, and hoagies.By the time Cinco de Mayo rolls around, however, t ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Really Thinks President Obama's Birth Certificate is Fake

​There you have it -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio actually thinks the President of the United States got into the White House using a forged birth certificate.Yes, the year is 2012, and yes, New Times and several dozen other media outlets just listened to more than two hours of a "birther" ... More >>

Closed for Business: The White House in Scottsdale

Benjamin LeathermanThe White House in Scottsdale (2009-2011)​There are plenty of signs that The White House in Scottsdale is no longer in operation: The doors are locked tight, the lights are switched off, the liquor's all gone, and the sound system is silent. And here's the biggest sign of all: ... More >>

President Barack Obama Calls Phoenix Mayor-Elect Greg Stanton

President Obama and Phoenix Mayor-elect Greg Stanton​The call from the White House was going to come in at 1:15 p.m.Perhaps it would be an executive that deals with local governments. Maybe, maybe the VP?Nope. It was President Barack Obama on the other line."Please hold for the President of the Un ... More >>

Green Party

Scottsdale’s Ultimate Block Party @ Craftsman Court

Sept. 29 In Blogs: Rick Romley, Batman, Obama, Pig's Blood, and ABC World News

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

President Physician

Former White House doctor tells all

Top Chef, Ye Olde Bravo Standby, Comes To Snoozeville (Washington D.C.)

Hearts across America have barely started to beat regularly again after last week's amazing finale of Top Chef Masters (congrats, Marcus Samuellson!) and now comes Season 7 of Top Chef. The time-tested Bravo standby will premiere this week, take place in our nation's capital, and, once again, feat ... More >>

Regina Spektor Live With the Obamas: Watch It Now

Regardless of your politics, you have to admit that interesting things are happening musically at the White House. Since Barack took office, the First Family has hosted a number of notables in the music world. While last year included a "Jazz Studio", a country music celebration, and a classical mu ... More >>

Now Open: The White House in Scottsdale

Benjamin LeathermanCraftsman Court's newest nightspot: The White House.​A few thousand New Year's Eve revelers are expected to be in attendance at Scottsdale's Ultimate Block Party later tonight, whooping it up in the heart of Old Town in anticipation of the impending arrival of 2010. Besides watc ... More >>

2012: The End is Near, but Did the Mayans Say Whether Palin Will Survive?

Despite Last Week's Comments, Tom Horne Liked Obama Speech

Arizona Schools Chief Tom Horne​Arizona schools chief Tom Horne had some tough words for President Obama, and the White House last week, in regard to Obama's address to students this morning.After hearing the speech, guess what; Horney loved it!"I think we can all agree with the message of t ... More >>

White House Delays Immigration Powwow (Again), and Why U.S. Hispanics Need to Raise Some Hell

Wanna snag the administration's attention? Borrow a page from the (peaceful) protesters in Iran. So I've just thumbed through a passel of recent White House statements and releases, looking for something about that big immigration meetup that President Barack Obama was ... More >>

White House Staffer Disappoints Phoenix Latino Leaders in Meeting at El Portal

Will the White House ever act to protect the civil rights of Arizona Latinos? Don't hold your breath waiting for the Obama administration to do anything in the near future about immigration reform, or yanking Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 287(g) authority. That's the message some local Latino leaders t ... More >>

June 5 In Blogs: White House, Big Latin, Red Hook and More

In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: White House Staffer Disappoints Phoenix Latino Leaders in Meeting at El Portal (w/Update) Marci ... More >>

Hot Links: The Eye of Ama're, The Escape of Cruz, and Twitter Economics

A toddler missing since yesterday morning has been found and is okay, according to Mesa police. Police have not said whether or not they've located the man they believe abducted the boy, Michael Spurgeon...The Valley surgeon who operated on Phoenix Suns player Amar'e Stoudmire's eye says his recuper ... More >>

Former President Jimmy Carter Discusses Bringing Peace to the Middle East, President Obama, and Raising Kids in the White House

photo from Carter's book We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land President Carter signs his latest book at Changing Hands this Friday.It's not every day you get to chat with a former President of the United States. And since President Jimmy Carter will be in town on Friday, signing copies of his b ... More >>

Feb. 11 In Blogs: Racial Profiling, Light Rail, Jimmy Carter and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Racial Profiling Lawsuit by ACLU Against Sheriff Arpaio's Office Moves ... More >>

Vote for Maya Dailey for White House Farmer

A few months back, the New York Times magazine published a special Food Issue, with an intriguing essay by Michael Pollan, an "open letter to the Farmer in Chief," explaining why the President-elect should consider national food policy a matter of national security. It inspired the Brockmans, a ... More >>

The Final Countdown

Hot Links: Hillary Nixes Second White House Run (Sorta), McCain Mocks Obama Stimulus Plan, Rolling Stone Shrinks.

Arizona State's Matthew Scully, Sarah Palin's Speechwriter

Trial by Firing

Inside Dubya's Department of Injustice

McCain Pain, The Friday Poll: Could John McCain be Prez?

Rappin' Radical

Grime is the unholy terror of the Valley's hip-hop scene

What About Bob?

The egg and he

Jello Biafra

The Big Ka-Boom, Part One (Alternative Tentacles)

Hollywood and Wine

An Arizona filmmaker gets an additional taste of success in the vineyard

Tape Worm

Dishing with Lucianne Goldberg

Tube Talks

International Crisis: Film at 11

What if they staged a war and everybody came?

Babbitt's Department of Ulterior

When wealthy casino tribes sought to derail a would-be competitor, campaign donations were the currency of the day

Recordings

Aloft Cause

Overblown Air Force One never gets off the ground

IT'S THE ETYMOLOGY, STUPID

THE SECRET OF NIXON'S SURVIVAL

SAME OLD SONG

IN RUSSIA, DAYS THAT SHAKE THE WORLD

The Tangled Roots of Doug Wead

Preacher, peddler, Beltway meddler