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Bootleg City: It Is Not Matt Wardlaw’s Destiny to Experience the Triumph of Victory
In addition to letting perennial electoral bridesmaid Matt Wardlaw write a chapter of my autobiography in exchange for bailing me out of an Arizona jail, I had to agree to give him “equal time”
Read More »Bootleg City: I’ll Need to See Some Identification
I’d like to start off by apologizing for my absence last week. After deciding to boycott all things Arizona from Bootleg City, I realized I’d never seen the old London Bridge, which is located,
Read More »Bootleg City: Arizona, It Was Nice Knowin’ Ya!
On April 23 Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed into law the state’s controversial immigration bill, which aims “to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants,” according to the New York Times, and gives police the
Read More »Sugar Water: $#*! You’ll Be Hearing on TV Soon
On May 12 the American Civil Liberties Union filed two free-speech lawsuits in Scranton, Pennsylvania, defending citizens who were charged with using profanity by local police. Seven days later CBS announced its fall schedule,
Read More »Bootleg City: Crowded Classrooms
The Bootleg City teacher’s union went on strike this week, delaying the production of this week’s mayoral update. Or is it “teachers’ union?” Or just “teachers union” without any of those…. what do you
Read More »DVD Review: “Pulling John”
In 1987 Cannon Films, the studio that became (in)famous for churning out low-budget genre fare like The Delta Force and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, couldn’t convince audiences that the Sylvester Stallone arm-wrestling epic Over
Read More »Bootleg City: Putting the Pedal to the Metal
Earlier this week I took a group of underprivileged kids to see the first big blockbuster of the summer movie season, Iron Man 2. Or at least they sounded underprivileged — when I pulled
Read More »Sugar Water: Catholic Church Announces Farewell Tour
Earlier today I received the following press release in an e-mail. It was also posted on the Vatican’s website but was then mysteriously removed just an hour later. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rocco De
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