Thomas Jefferson

6: Francesca Bianco

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

7: Snir and Kierstin Mor

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

12: Dave Johnson

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

45: Marco Bianco

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

Chandler Attorney Helps Client Beat 83-pound Weed Charge, Announces Run for U.S. Senate

A Chandler defense lawyer who helped his client beat a serious marijuana charge says he probably will run for Republican Jon Kyl's soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat, running as a Libertarian.   On July 2, attorney Marc J. Victor's client, 53-year-old, Maria Carillo-Tremillo was foun ... More >>

The Most Expensive Wine In The World

Welcome to Vine Geeks, where Brian Reeder and Pavle Milic of AZ Wine Merchants take the drinking game quite seriously. Pay attention -- you might just learn something. Penfold's recently released the most expensive wine in the world. No, the bottle wasn't signed by Thomas Jefferson, or forged by H ... More >>

84: Gwen Ashley Walters

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... 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 >>

Brussels Sprout Salad From Chelsea's Kitchen

​ Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we're back - with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you'd like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 73: Brussels Spro ... More >>

The Tree of Life: What Terrence Malick Has to Offer Is Worth Working For

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 >>

Lester Pearce, New Presiding Judge of Justice Courts, Takes Bible-Based Views of U.S. Constitution on the Road

Lester Pearce​ Lester Pearce, the Justice of the Peace for the North Mesa precinct (and brother of State Senator Russell Pearce), has a lot of interesting ideas about the U.S. Constitution. And the former lawmaker, who's poised to become the next presiding judge of the justice c ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Signs Off on Ban Amnesty Now's Voter Suppression Efforts?

Kris Kobach? That's some "impartial" source you got there, SeanThe paranoia has been reaching a fever-pitch both in and over an e-mail recently sent out by the local nativist organization Ban Amnesty Now, which claims that "illegals" are looking to steal the upcoming midterm elections. The e-ma ... More >>

Tennessee Gubernatorial Candidate Makes Arizona Politicians Look Good

Tennessee Gubernatorial candidate Basil Marceaux​Arizona politicians are getting a bit of a reputation throughout the rest of the country. Let's just say Russell Pearce and Jan Brewer appearing almost nightly on national news programs hasn't left the rest of the country in awe of the intellectual ... More >>

April 7 In Blogs: Glenn Beck, Insane Clown Posse, Okonomiyaki, and Rodney Glassman

​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: Glenn Beck Invades Glendale on God Tour, Would Thomas Jefferson Have Approved? David Cav ... More >>

Neo-Nazi Hugger Russell Pearce, the Ten Commandments, and Five Extra for Just Him

How good is Russell Pearce at following commandments? Let's find out...Just read the big news that neo-Nazi hugger and bigot Russell Pearce got his plan to erect the Ten Commandments outside the old state Capitol through committee. Yep, Arizona may not have enough dough to keep its rest stops or its ... More >>

"Declare Your Independence with Ernie Hancock" Features Yours Truly as Guest

Think Ernie's got an ego? Nah...I took up Phoenix libertarian Ernie Hancock's invite to be on his Webcast Wednesday morning, after much prodding from Hancock and his supporters. Alas, I couldn't make it into the studio. (Sorry, Ernie, I've never been an a.m. person.) Still, we s ... More >>

Meeting President Obama with an AR-15, plus MCSO Deputy Chief Jack MacIntyre’s Bout with the Truth

Barack Obama Threatened, Reviled at Tea Bag Hate-Fest at Arizona Capitol

So, who doesn't belong in this picture?I'm not sure what the highlight of Wednesday's big tea-bag-Obama-hate-fest at the Capitol was for me. Was it the high-school girl carrying a sign comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin? Or the belligerent dork talking to state Senat ... More >>

The Onion vs.the Weekly World News

Rusty's World

The choleric crow uncovers Rusty Childress' anti-avian plots, and kicks it with First Amendment hero/porn mogul Larry Flynt

Hayworth Hoo-Ha

The Bird defends J.D. Hayworth, of all people, and sticks its beak into the mystery of Gary Tupper's hacked Web site

Cameron Crowing

Letters

Letters from the week of Thursday, April 21, 2005

Cuban Crisis

The irreverent spirit of Pedro Alvarez lives on in his paintings

Sex, Thugs and Rock 'n' Roll

Letters from the week of September 12, 2002

White Men Can't Rap

But they talked your ear off about war, morality and patriotism in the '60s. Is Young America again ready for More Talk, Less Music?

Mary Jane Girl

The life and high times of Phoenix cannabis crusader Christie Bohling

Waco Brothers

Electric Waco Chair (Bloodshot)

Chick Magnates

Powerful performances from The Weaker Sex

Letters 04-27-2000

Culture War Heroes

William Bennett and the right make might at a Scottsdale resort

Second Helpings

Letters

MisJudged

U.S. District Court Judge Carl Muecke ruled on the letter of the law, but his liberal views and tough courtroom style made him the judge that conservatives love to hate

Second Helpings

Letters

Historic Misconduct

PREZ PASS

BLOOD SPORT

COCKFIGHTING IS ILLEGAL IN 46 STATES. SIXTEEN OF THEM CONSIDER THE PRACTICE A FELONY. IN ARIZONA, IT'S ENTERTAINMENT.

LAND OF THE FREE-FOR-ALL

WITH PROPOSITION 300--THE PRIVATE-PROPERTY-RIGHTS MEASURE--ARIZONA ONCE AGAIN BECOMES A BATTLEGROUND FOR A NATIONAL RIGHT-WING CRUSADE

WHEN A 4-INCH DISC BEATS A 10-INCH RECORD

SCREED

WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALL IT DOPE?

HIP-HOP IS GOING TO POT. LITERALLY.

QUESTIONS

ROOM WITH NO VIEWFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S HOUSES ARE NICE PLACES TO VISIT BUT YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE THERE