[OPINION] Listen up nasty people
By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer (Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussion purposes only.) Wouldn’t it be nice if we were older / Then we wouldn’t have to wait so long / And wouldn’t it be nice to live together / In the kind of world where we belong~ Beach Boys – 1966 The […]
Read More →Sins of the father? I worked with whistleblowers in the David Petersen case
There were no meetings in a dark parking building, such as in “All the President’s Men”; I gained information for many other stories about the Petersen case from two members of Petersen’s staff, sometimes through notes hidden on Capitol grounds and left for me to retrieve. By Phil Riske | Senior reporter/writer One of the […]
Read More →Damn if they didn’t do it again
By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer Two years ago, I wrote a cranky column about my favorite grocery store upsetting me greatly by changing the aisles, making it hard to find what I usually buy. I told the manager not to do that again. Well, they did. So as I again deal with mental trauma, […]
Read More →My hands on a gun
By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer There has been plethora news over past months about guns and separately about suicide. I begin today with a day 38 years ago when I had to act to prevent what I thought could be a fatal shooting. I was reminded of that scary situation upon recently reading an […]
Read More →Copping a plea: I was responsible for fake news
By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer Thank God Donald Trump was not looking over my shoulder in 1972. At the time, I was managing editor of the Laramie Boomerang, (a newspaper named after the owner’s mule.) As a morning paper, putting it to bed required late hours as we waited for the pages to come […]
Read More →Button up belly boys
From the Rose Law Group Reporter Growlery By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer Casual business dress is a trend, but the “suit and tie” requirement still holds for much of the corporate world. After watching numerous TV hosts violate my sense of taste when it comes to men’s clothing, here’s the question: Why are the […]
Read More →My pet peeve
“Animal Cops Phoenix” features (from left) Kelley Mallon, Mark Smith, Cynthia McGuire, Andy Gallo and Ruthie Jesus. /Photo: Alex DeForest By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer We hear a lot about child abuse. We don’t hear enough about pet/animal abuse. One only has to follow numerous cases in the Phoenix area or watch one edition […]
Read More →I have 2 dads — both Hall of Fame inductees by Phil Riske|Senior Reporter/Writer
By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer On this Father’s Day, I again won’t get to send cards or call my fathers. They are both gone, dying a year apart. So, I celebrate by telling you about them. Inducted into the Wyoming Coaches Hall of Fame 1983Began his football coaching career in 1948, and he retired […]
Read More →Arizona cities, from rich to poor
Size has nothing to do with affluence in Arizona By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer Two Arizona cities are at the top and bottom of rating scales used by 24/7 Wall Street. to decide what are most affluent and “worst” cities in America. Overall picture Incomes climbed faster in 2017 for the typical American household than […]
Read More →Key Republicans oppose governor’s budget, a flashback to 2006
Arizona budget negotiations hung up by sexual abuse issues By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer This legislative session is not the first where two Republicans took on their party leaders and governor in opposing the proposed state budget. In 2006, it took 128 days, but Republican lawmakers released a budget proposal that met with lukewarm […]
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