We gotta fight (or not) for our rights
By Buddy Early, December 2020 Issue. There’s a common sentiment that has been repeated since the beginning of last summer, when protests over police brutality flared up in [...]
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Stupid is as stupid does
By Buddy Early, November 2020 Issue. Earlier this summer, at the height of protests regarding police brutality, one of my (former) friends started circulating a racist and [...]
Arizona’s Jill Kimmel is blunt, funny, and not famous enough to be #canceled
By Buddy Early, October 2020 Issue. Comedian, Actor. Delightful Human Being. Those are words one might use to describe local comic Jill Kimmel. Mostly because those are her [...]
How social media perverts the principles of both social and media
By Buddy Early, October 2020 Issue. I’ve noticed one of the more popular things to do on social media is grumble about how others are using their social media. It works [...]
Dump Trump and Make America Funny Again
By Buddy Early, September 2020 Issue. When I started writing this column a few years ago, I told the then-editor I wanted it to be light, positive, and uplifting. I also said [...]
Krewe of Hope is a blessing for homeless, restaurants, and community alike
By Buddy Early, September 2020 Issue. One of the tenets that Americans have lived by has always been that we will take care of one another in times of need. This idea has [...]
Intersectionality is a big word, but nothing to be afraid of
By Buddy Early, August 2020 Issue. There’s something that has been gnawing at me for the better part of a decade. You see, in the early 2000s I served as “the voice” of [...]
So much for my 2020 vision
By Buddy Early, July 2020 Issue. Not even the most inventive Hollywood minds could script a three-and-a-half year run like we’ve had. Sure, individually the phenomena of [...]
You’re not a patriot; you’re a flag-waver
By Buddy Early, June 2020 Issue. There’s something wrong with me. I’m not talking about my inability to wink or my obsession with people fake-eating hamburgers in [...]
Life A.C.: After Corona
By Buddy Early, May 2020 Issue. As I am writing this, I have been quarantined in my apartment due to the Coronavirus pandemic for, oh, I guess about six months. Actually [...]
Phoenix Pride
By Buddy Early, April 2020 Issue. This column ought to come with a warning: you may interpret this as one of those “things used to be better back in the day” meditations. [...]
Nobody grabs my butt anymore
By Buddy Early, March 2020 Issue. When I was in my 20s and early 30s, I suppose I was a bit of a barfly. You could’ve found me in any one of a half-dozen watering holes [...]
Love the job you’re with
By Buddy Early, January 2020 Issue. My senior year in high school I wrote in multiple yearbooks: “Watch for me on Saturday Night Live.” That’s when I thought I was [...]
Security Blankets: Dr. Brenda Combs aims to provide warmth to Phoenix’s homeless through winter months
By Buddy Early, December 2019 Issue. Arizonans are known for touting “eight months of beautiful weather” while other parts of the country are fighting off freezing [...]
News is real, Trump is fake
By Buddy Early, December 2019 Issue. When the buffoon who currently occupies The White House moves out — whether that’s in January of 2021 or sooner — this nation can [...]
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