I’ve got one of those calendars atop my monitor, the type you find in banks, with metal tiles for the days of the week, dates and month. One side I keep up to date. The other, no matter the date, says “Fri May 15.” That’s the last day the newsroom of the Tucson Citizen was filled with hustle and bustle.... Read more»
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Smart v. Stupid: As America grapples with a long-term decline, we have only Ronald Reagan to blame.... Read more»4
Earth has a new reason to celebrate. It’s looking like we will make it past Dec. 21, 2012. Researchers have unearthed the oldest-known version of the ancient Maya calendar in the Guatemalan rainforest.... Read more»
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents have discovered two sets of archaeological artifacts in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument since February.... Read more»
It’s Cinco de Mayo, and for millions of Americans that means drinking Corona instead of Bud Light. But the holiday has an interesting history, even if it is misunderstood by millions.... Read more»
A recording of one of Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong’s last live trumpet performances was released to the public for the first time on Friday.... Read more»
Civil rights activist and United Farm Workers of America co-founder Dolores Huerta will receive the nation’s highest civilian honor when she is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this spring.... Read more»1
The path of American political thought, from Teddy to Franklin: “For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.”... Read more»
The 5th Annual Historic Miracle Mile Open House and Tour kicks off Friday night with a sock hop and neon-sign lighting at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus.... Read more»1
This week Fred and Jeff bring you the Cowboy Music Festival and Western Art Show, which is being hosted out at Old Tucson Studios. The festival features Western Music Association artists – a who’s who in western music – including the Sons of the Pioneers.... Read more»
University of Arizona faculty and students will fire up a wood-fired kiln to demonstrate ancient Greek pottery-making Friday at St. Augustine’s Catholic High School.... Read more»
After nearly three decades of space travel, NASA’s oldest shuttle, Discovery, flew into retirement on Tuesday, joining other museum relics at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.... Read more»
Forget the horny Secret Service agents and their Colombian hookers. It was U.S. diplomacy that really got screwed at this weekend’s Summit of the Americas in Cartagena.... Read more»
Now it’s a place for hiking or to stop at Dairy Queen but 150 years ago Sunday, it was the site of a small but violent engagement between Union and Confederate troops.... Read more»1
A month-long festival commemorating Titanic’s link to a small Irish village has drawn visitors from around the world, but sad memories remind Cobh, Ireland, of its present economic woes.... Read more»
Federal officials announced a $1 billion settlement Wednesday of claims filed by 41 tribes, including five from Arizona, who said the government had long mismanaged their trust lands.... Read more»
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