Cheap, sordid, tawdry affairs.

I’m looking right at you, Mayor Gordon. No, not because of your girlfriend, but for who you immediately got into bed with when it began to look like you might face scrutiny for certain financial transactions associated with the relationship.
Jason Rose??!?
Rose has been a busy little turd-polishing flack these days. [...]

I happen to like milk with my toast.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got a lot of love for the New Times. The free weekly has been a godsend for its brave reporting on subjects that Phoenix’s so-called paper of record won’t touch with a 10 foot pole. And I don’t expect them to be the mouthpiece for Arizona Democrats the [...]

You’re as sick as your secrets, Joel

Yesterday the Capitol Times reported that MCSO Captain and SCA commando Joel Fox is feeling very down.
The Sheriff’s captain who headed up a secretive political committee that broke campaign finance laws in its efforts to support Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio last year is threatening to sue the county for “emotional distress” unless [...]

“Why do left wingers constantly promote class warfare?”

That was a question put to me by a commenter who disagreed with me about the faux-populism of conservative “heroes” like Glenn Beck and Joe Arpaio.
Last night Mark and I finally got around to seeing Capitalism: A Love Story. It was good but I have to admit that, for me, it [...]

Quick question for the right wingers out there.

Much like the late Jefferson Parish, La., Sheriff Harry Lee did, Maricopa, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio walks the line between all-powerful baron and populist champion of law and order.
Why are your populist heroes almost invariably multi-millionaires?

America’s Dis-honestest Sheriff

It’s not like I’m surprised or anything that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio thinks he’s above the law, or that he likes being in the spotlight (refraining from other possible word choices here).  Recently he was on Glenn Beck’s show touting some federal policy that still allows him to conduct immigration sweeps. Turns out, the policy [...]

Oh now I get what this Vegas thing is about.

When a commenter told me that Sal DiCiccio’s robocall was accusing Dana Kennedy of having ominous-sounding “Las Vegas connections” it left me scratching my head. I was like, what, did Jason Rose do a focus group and find out that Vegas has more negative connotations than even Gay Francisco?
As it turns out, [...]