I am appalled that my mother who is 88 years old, born in New England and recently moved to Arizona, has been denied registration to vote. She went to the motor vehicle office with her Florida voter registration, Florida state issued picture ID (she is blind and does not drive) and social security card. She was denied and told she must produce a birth certificate, which she does not have.

In regards to the East Valley Tribune headline from Friday, Aug. 31, 2012: ‘Rights come from God’: I’m happy that God changed his mind in 1920 and gave women the right to vote. I am certainly going to use my God-given right this year! I encourage all women to vote. Congress is wanting to take our rights away. If that happens, it could be another century plus before God changes his mind again.

Olympians Represent The Best of Our Team Efforts

We can all stop pretending continued Republican anger about the Affordable Care Act is news. Some figured a Supreme Court ruling would settle things. And since the GOP said it was unconstitutional with the same fervor as people who’ve read the Constitution—it was easy to assume a decision from the nine justices in the highest court in the land—regardless of the outcome—would chill them out.

In those days before kids, I was fast asleep when the phone by my bed rang at about half past six in the morning. It was my father calling. Planes had flown into the World Trade Center. America was being attacked. I knocked on the door of my guest bedroom to awaken a visiting friend. Together, thousands of miles from New York and Washington, we experienced the day - the fall of one tower and then the other, the attack on the Pentagon, the confusion, the rumors, the terror - the way most Americans did: watching television in stunned silence. It's not just that we all still remember where we were when we heard; it's that at that very moment we knew we would always remember.

Jon Beydler, guest commentary

10,000 B.C.: Indians inhabit Arizona.

It might seem immigration laws, rampant foreclosures and a congresswoman’s shooting define Arizona as a state.

It might seem immigration laws, rampant foreclosures and a congresswoman’s shooting define Arizona as a state.

10,000 B.C.: Indians inhabit Arizona.

It might seem immigration laws, rampant foreclosures and a congresswoman’s shooting define Arizona as a state.

10,000 B.C.: Indians inhabit Arizona.

“Women’s suffrage, integration, interracial marriage, rock ’n roll music. Christianity was against all of these on the grounds they would destroy marriage and the family and harm children. The Orphan Trains of the 19th century, Prohibition. Christianity was in favor of both of these disasters. It occurs to me that over the past 150 years or so, Christianity has been on the wrong side of most every moral dilemma America has faced.”

For years, Debbie Spink was a Harley-Davidson enthusiast by proxy. The bike belonged to her husband. She was the passenger. Wrapped around his torso like a human backpack, she played Kelly McGillis to his Tom Cruise. And she was content. Then, something snapped.

“To the uninformed Chandler venter, there will never be any 747s or any other aircraft larger than is presently using the Chandler airport because of a short extension to the Chandler runway.”

Fran Broughton is sitting in a recliner, clutching a "Happy Birthday" balloon in one hand, her eyeglasses in another.

December 14, 2004

December 13, 2004

PARK CITY, Utah - Opening night will mark some firsts for the Sundance Film Festival, the nation's top showcase for independent movies.

Even though Arizona’s last two governors have been women, it took plenty of estrogen to pave the way for females to take power positions in the state.

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. - The lights on Broadway will dim at 8 p.m. on Tuesday in honor of Katharine Hepburn, who died surrounded by friends and family Sunday at her childhood waterfront home in Old Saybrook. She was 96.

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. - Katharine Hepburn, winner of a record four Academy Awards, died Sunday at her home. She was 96.