We’ve been having fun ribbing our in-the-closet blogging buds at Sonoran Alliance for their habitual use of anonymous writers, but today the cyber-conservatives are getting flak from their own kind. The faceless cowpokes took on Republican lobbyist Farrell Quinlan (right) in a recent blog post, slamming him for accusing state Republican…
The game was clinched on a third-and-16, 23-yard pass from Captain Kurt to Mr. Spach. It was logical. Most teams would’ve kept it on the ground and probably had to punt, giving their opponent another chance to score and win the game. But most teams don’t have Arizona’s passing attack…
What drought? Last year will go down as one of the wettest years on record in Phoenix. In weather-related incidents, an ATV rider up north and two hikers in the Superstition Mountains go missing. And the nastier-than-normal weather hasn’t been so kind on the homeless in the last few weeks,…
I’m on the run this a.m., but I would be remiss if I did not point your attention to this excellent article by David Carr in Sunday’s New York Times online concerning our clown of a sheriff, “A Star Turn for a Sheriff on Fox TV.” Unlike a lot of…
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: Phoenix Library Card Blasts Off; Designed by Local Artist Kiyomi…
There’s a new sheriff in Pinal County, and he’s ridin’ Redflex out on a hot rail… CameraFraud.com’s reporting that Pinal County’s newly elected Sheriff Paul Babeu has ended Pinal’s photo enforcement contract with Redflex, the Australian firm responsible for so many of those mechanical Orwellian shutterbugs plaguing motorists throughout the…
“Charmed” seems an odd descriptor for the 2008-09 Arizona Cardinals, who lost — no, were crushed in — four of their last six regular-season games. Yet here they sit, all warm and snuggly at 9-7, hosting a first-round playoff game at home in the Red Zone. Meanwhile, a couple of…
The New Year’s Eve news exclusive from sleazy entertainment Web site TMZ.com about Arizona Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald alleged domestic abuse incident was the “kind of momentary headline that can damage a good name,” writes Funny thing is, the incident never rated a headline — or any other kind of…
Joe and the nativists, the love that never dies… You judge a man, sometimes, by the company he keeps. So what does it say of Sheriff Joe that he recently spoke at the Arizona American Italian Club to a group of notorious nativists, including minuteman honcho Chris Simcox, and alleged…
Clippers’ rising star Eric Gordon A reserve suspended for violating the NBA drug policy. A star player talking openly about trade desires. Injuries and multiple losing streaks. Yep, things are most definitely topsy-turvy in Los Angeles Clippers Land. Or, based on the franchise’s underwhelming past, things are exactly the way…
It’s a parent’s ultimate nightmare: A child snatched from the street in mere seconds by an unknown kidnapper, never to be seen or heard from again. Ten years ago in Mesa, it happened to the family of Mikelle Biggs. Forecast for tomorrow morning calls for possible heavy meteor showers. The…
Dear Mexican: How do Mexicans get such ridiculous nicknames from seemingly normal names? For instance, José becomes Chepe, Eduardo is Lalo, Gabriel becomes Gabi, and Guillermo devolves into Memo. It’s Marcela, Not Chela Dear Mexican: I want to know why Mexicans have such incongruous nicknames. In English, people have nicknames…
CORNER KICKS The Argentineans do it correctly: It’s kind of a shame that youth soccer has to be so money-driven (“Soccer Bomb,” John Dickerson, December 18). I’ve read lately that the English Football Association has started not keeping score at youth games, so the kids and their parents can focus…
Behind the year’s most shocking indictment — 118 criminal counts filed last month against Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley — is a bizarre tale of a land deal turned ugly, a $360 million jury verdict reduced to nothing, and a political fundraiser hosted by one of the Valley’s most influential…
New Times has an immediate opening for a full-time staff writer. We’re looking for a journalist with sharp investigative skills who understands the difference between magazine-style reporting and the hurried fact-finding of daily newspaper reporting. If your copy is as much a pleasure to read as it is well researched,…
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: Charles Barkley Sweats DUI Arrest in Unflattering Mug Shot Local…
A Valley resident who’s responsible for putting a man behind bars on an attempted child molesting charge says he’s not the “pimp” that cops have made him out to be.As Our blog post provoked a profanity-laden response from a Phoenix apartment manager, Chris Johnson, (not pictured — just to be…
Mirror, mirror on the wall…who’s the worst sheriff of them all? Snort.Though this will come as no shock to denizens of cactus country, The New York Times’ editorial blog — The Board — today dubbed our corrupt top constable, “America’s Worst Sheriff.” Noting Joe Arpaio’s recent foray in to trash…
If you know anything about Mormons, it’s that they typically avoid coffee and other products with caffeine. Yet many Mormons recognize that caffeine isn’t exactly heroin, and there appears to be a healthy debate within the Church of Latter Day Saints over the use of the drug. In the wake…
Few people look good in a police mug shot, but this must be one of the worst sides of Sir Charles Barkley ever seen.In a story covered extensively today by the national media, Barkley was arrested last night in Old Town Scottsdale on suspicion of DUI after he allegedly ran a…
Demonstrators marching at Thomas and Central in Phoenix. When I got word that End the War Coalition, Code Pink, Women in Black, and other lefty, peacenik groups would be holding a vigil at Thomas and Central calling for an end to Israel’s attack on Hamas in Gaza, I was skeptical…
Do we still have to call him “Sir?” Charles Barkley, former Suns player and legendary local resident, gets busted for DUI. What’s a misleading story in the New York Times worth? About $27 million, if you’re Washington D.C. Vicki Iseman, and you’ve been accused of a possible affair with Arizona…
