Opinion

Are the arts making you crazy, or is the crazy making the art?

Let's view art as the healing process, not the bullet.

By Jessica Fletcher | August 20, 2014

Letter: Tempe's e-cigarette ban distracts from real crime issues

Letter to the editor: "The city that is well-known for its out of control 'loud party corridor' and notorious downtown has taken a 'Big Brother' and 'hang ‘em high' approach to e-cigarette use."

By Letters | August 13, 2014

Letter: City council candidate Lauren Kuby does much for Tempe

Letter to the editor: "I think you would be hard pressed to name a single person who has done more for the city of Tempe, and done so as a volunteer in their spare time."

By Letters | August 11, 2014

Boos & Bravos: Aug. 1

Bravo to not being back in school yet, but boo to buying textbooks.

By Editorial Board | August 1, 2014

A farewell to print

For this one week, we'd like to take a moment to pay homage to the legacy of the print newspaper.

By Editorial Board | July 31, 2014

Letter: Tempe council candidates Foreman, Papke, Kuby did their homework

Letter to the editor: "The next election will tell if Tempe voters are content with the “status quo” or if they see a need for change."

By Letters | July 30, 2014

Click me!

What one newspaper's transition to digital says about the changing content in news today.

| July 30, 2014

via Warwick Rowers twitter (@naked_rowers)

Sex sells, for charity this time

It's not the charity that's the selling point, and that's the problem.

By Micaela Rodriguez | July 30, 2014

Dear NFL: Stop condoning domestic violence

The NFL extended its middle finger to women everywhere: Using drugs is unacceptable, but abusing you is OK.

| July 30, 2014

Letter: Police officer's personality doesn't matter

Letter to the editor: "As a cop himself, Bill Richardson should understand that a cop is judged quickly and harshly by the public (rightly or not), based on a single act."

By Letters | July 29, 2014

Boos & Bravos: July 25

Bravo to Marvel's female Thor, but boo to continued violence in Gaza.

By Editorial Board | July 25, 2014

A love note to franchise models and salary caps

Unless there are some changes made in the structure of professional soccer in Europe, I think I'll stick with basketball.

| July 25, 2014

Letter: Sharing passion for American football

Letter to the editor: I realized I could share my passion for football with international students.

By Letters | July 24, 2014

Sometimes, photography objectifies those we want to help

People go abroad to help and end up taking semi-colonial attitudes with them.

| July 24, 2014

How Facebook has become too hard to leave, and why that should worry us all

Nick Briz's Revolutionary video essay, "How To/Why Leave Facebook," gives users the capacity to leave the site, but what's holding us all back?

By Jordan Bohannon | July 24, 2014

When tragedy's far from our own backyard

Incidents like the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 or the current fighting in the Middle East demand involvement from both states and non-governmental organizations even if no member of that state or NGO was directly affected.

By Editorial Board | July 23, 2014

Horror films scare audiences with fear of predictabilty

I don't need to hit the big screen to see the same stereotypical story with a limited goal of just scaring the heck out of audiences.

| July 23, 2014

Letter: Who is the ASU police officer accused of abusing professor Ersula Ore?

Letter to the Editor: I'd rather have Officer Stewart Ferrin responding to help my child who attends ASU than having her in a class with professor Ersula Ore.

By Letters | July 23, 2014

Boos & Bravos: July 18

Boo to MTV's "Virgin Territory," but bravo to the Arizona Republic's series on immigrant children.

By Editorial Board | July 18, 2014

Letter: Lauren Kuby best pick for Tempe City Council

Letter to the editor: Because of her unique qualifications and her deep commitment to our community, Lauren Kuby would do an outstanding job as a Tempe City Council member.

By Letters | July 17, 2014

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