It was nearly impossible to have a neutral feeling about Perry Swisher. If you expressed admiration for one of his ideas or newspaper...

April 6, 1862 – 150 years ago today – Americans came to understand that their Civil War would be not be over easily or soon. Edward...

I didn’t know Pat Murphy well. I wish I had known him better. What I did know and observe firsthand about the former Arizona Republic...

Loyal readers at this spot know that I occasionally rage against the dying of the light of local journalism. The days of independent,...

I’ve long believed that one of the consequences of the vast proliferation of information sources – the Internet, cable, social media,...

In the old TV series, Perry Mason always wrapped up the case in the last few minutes of the show, tied a ribbon on the verdict and went...