I found it impossible to take my mind off of it. As I watched thousands of kids gather outside, I was awash in worry and sadness. I was in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago for the triennial gathering of Lutheran youth. This Youth Gathering was very different for me, this time I was present as part of the leadership team, working with other adults to provide some of the programming and service learning for the more than 33,000 kids who came.

DENVER - Mike Anderson stood in front of his locker with a bright orange Denver Broncos jersey that he was pulling over his head. Anderson continued pulling and the jersey fell straight. A bold No. 7 spread across his chest. Anderson was asked why he was wearing John Elway’s jersey.

Mike McClellan’s commentary (Dec. 19) was so full of inaccuracies and blatant lies that I felt compelled to respond.

The most memorable moment from Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star game came in the top of the eighth inning.

Bonnie Erbe, guest commentary

Some personal memories of Cotton Fitzsimmons, who died Saturday:

Editor's note: Claire Hoogenboom is a broadcast major studying journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State University.

Susan Stamper Brown’s commentary of Feb. 13 (“Obama administration: Going Jack Bauer on us”) had the following statement in it:

I am astounded that the EVT would publish the commentary by Susan Stamper Brown regarding the Affordable Care Act. I fully understand everyone’s right to free speech, but this commentary is so full of falsehoods, innuendo, half-truth, and outright lies as to be a farce. Publishing this commentary is pretty much the same as supporting the right to yell fire in a crowded theater.

Tempe residents value the quality of their lives and have traditionally chosen to invest financially to create and maintain that quality. Because of our willingness as a community to invest in each other, we have a city that provides among the best municipal services. While enjoying these amenities, Tempe remains among the three least expensive Valley cities in which to live and maintains excellent bond ratings.

It may be too late for the White Sox to get a refund for the sensitivity training they were ordered to put manager Ozzie Guillen through two summers ago. The man seems more determined than ever to talk his way out of a job.

When rumors first started swirling that Troon North Golf Club was up for sale, it was hard to believe. After all, not many golf courses open to the public have been as successful as Troon North, the flagship property of Scottsdale-based Troon Golf.

Jim Ripley, for the Tribune

Jim Ripley, for the Tribune

Jim Ripley, for the Tribune

Jose de la Isla, guest commentary

Tina Dupuy, guest commentary

 PHILADELPHIA — I would start this with “no disrespect to the Arizona Cardinals,” but there is no way to respectfully write this.

Once Sen. John McCain became the "presumptive" Republican nominee for president, the phalanx of McCain staffers swung into action to make sure that all our Arizona delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention would be properly indoctrinated McCain supporters. However, even though I was Arizona co-chairman for the Ron Paul campaign, I managed to slip through the phalanx and get elected.

Irecently had the opportunity to meet New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anna Quindlen. In her remarks, Quindlen was candid about the importance of integrity and honesty in news writing; the unequivocal necessity of balancing truth within journalistic constraints. “It is critical,” she said “to make every word count.”