SAVING THE ANIMALS–SORT OF

Late on a recent spring morning, a green Hyundai pulls up to the entrance of Phoenix Zoo, depositing a fiftysomething man clad in a tattered, satin clown suit. He has glittery circles of makeup smeared on his cheeks and nose. After stowing a cardboard box and sweater under a palm…

SAVING THE ANIMALS–SORT OF

Late on a recent spring morning, a green Hyundai pulls up to the entrance of Phoenix Zoo, depositing a fiftysomething man clad in a tattered, satin clown suit. He has glittery circles of makeup smeared on his cheeks and nose. After stowing a cardboard box and sweater under a palm…

SAVING THE ANIMALS–SORT OF

Late on a recent spring morning, a green Hyundai pulls up to the entrance of Phoenix Zoo, depositing a fiftysomething man clad in a tattered, satin clown suit. He has glittery circles of makeup smeared on his cheeks and nose. After stowing a cardboard box and sweater under a palm…

GOOD NIGHT, SWEET D

Pro basketball is all glitter, bombast and tasteless television commercials these days. It’s as though the game has been taken over by the Madison Avenue ad men. They can’t wait until the hoops really are 20 feet high and the floor is 100 yards long. The purity, simplicity and soul…

GOOD NIGHT, SWEET D

Pro basketball is all glitter, bombast and tasteless television commercials these days. It’s as though the game has been taken over by the Madison Avenue ad men. They can’t wait until the hoops really are 20 feet high and the floor is 100 yards long. The purity, simplicity and soul…

GOOD NIGHT, SWEET D

Pro basketball is all glitter, bombast and tasteless television commercials these days. It’s as though the game has been taken over by the Madison Avenue ad men. They can’t wait until the hoops really are 20 feet high and the floor is 100 yards long. The purity, simplicity and soul…

IS THIS THE PARTY TO WHOM I AM SPEAKING?

I had a long telephone conversation with Byron “Bud” Brown, the Scottsdale real estate man, the other day. Brown, 65, was belligerent throughout. He kept telling me how smart he was. Brown also insisted that nothing he did to make millions in the Big Boquillas Ranch swindle was any different…

PLANET PHOENIX

Martha Spears has made what she says is an irrevocable decision about Governor J. Fife Symington III. “The man’s a jerk,” Martha says. “Fife is a classless bum. He’s a jerk. He can’t hold a candle to Rose Mofford, his predecessor.” Martha’s indignation toward the governor stems from her efforts…

IS THIS THE PARTY TO WHOM I AM SPEAKING?

I had a long telephone conversation with Byron “Bud” Brown, the Scottsdale real estate man, the other day. Brown, 65, was belligerent throughout. He kept telling me how smart he was. Brown also insisted that nothing he did to make millions in the Big Boquillas Ranch swindle was any different…

PLANET PHOENIX

Martha Spears has made what she says is an irrevocable decision about Governor J. Fife Symington III. “The man’s a jerk,” Martha says. “Fife is a classless bum. He’s a jerk. He can’t hold a candle to Rose Mofford, his predecessor.” Martha’s indignation toward the governor stems from her efforts…

IS THIS THE PARTY TO WHOM I AM SPEAKING?

I had a long telephone conversation with Byron “Bud” Brown, the Scottsdale real estate man, the other day. Brown, 65, was belligerent throughout. He kept telling me how smart he was. Brown also insisted that nothing he did to make millions in the Big Boquillas Ranch swindle was any different…

PLANET PHOENIX

Martha Spears has made what she says is an irrevocable decision about Governor J. Fife Symington III. “The man’s a jerk,” Martha says. “Fife is a classless bum. He’s a jerk. He can’t hold a candle to Rose Mofford, his predecessor.” Martha’s indignation toward the governor stems from her efforts…