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David Fitzsimmons: Giggles and gratitude for first-time summer camper, chaperone
The first time I ever went to summer camp was just last week. I was a chaperone for my son Matthew, and a billion of his fellow Harelson fifth…
David Fitzsimmons: Arizonapithecus tribe, found at Capitol, frets about fluoride, Kenyans
"By injecting Stone Age genes into a human embryo it will soon be possible to create a living Neanderthal."
David Fitzsimmons: Our irritating columnist elegantly solves the city's pension crisis
Our city's looming pension debt is looming directly overhead these days, and even though any shade is welcome this time of year, I'm still tot…
David Fitzsimmons: Mr. Wallet's Wild Ride at the Pima County Fair
The best thing about the Pima County Fair is the drive to get there. It's half way to Lordsburg, N.M. - and twice the fun - starting with an a…
David Fitzsimmons: It's sometimes tough to remember, but good always prevails
The grainy black and white images of Dealey Plaza and My Lai felt distant and other worldly on our old Magnavox.
David Fitzsimmons: War of words among the birds at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
"Be sure to see the season finale of Raptor free flight this Sunday. After April 14, the birds will be retired for the summer as they molt and…
David Fitzsimmons: Amorous guidance from the love trident of PCC's Chevy Nova of Casanovas
Lonely? Searching for that special someone? Would you like a little romance in your life?
David Fitzsimmons: We all yearn to sleep outside in bags on the dirt … don't we?
According to the sadistic manufacturers of camping tents that cannot be repacked into the tiny duffle bags they came in, this couldn't be a be…
David Fitzsimmons: And they wheel away another post-TUSD stress disorder victim
This week Superintendent John Pedicone of the Tucson Unified School District announced his resignation at a local psychiatric outpatient clinic.
David Fitzsimmons: Running for a good cause, exercise and to avoid loading the dishwasher
It's time for the "Race for the Cure" and many of you are looking to me for fitness and running advice. With Sunday's 5K run in mind, I though…
David Fitzsimmons: It was a dark and stormy night in my soul - and then, there she was
Any four-eyed flack will tell you the Tucson Festival of Books is where words and imagination come to life. But on this day, for this book lov…
David Fitzsimmons: What's not to love about scrawled, spit-stained hate mail?
If you are a cartoonist, getting hate mail is like getting a bouquet of roses; the thornier the better.
David Fitzsimmons: This cowboy's been rodeoing since before chimichanga was invented
Down at the Arroyo Cafe, Preston Surface, whose name sounds like a fertilizer, was telling us about the time he was doing standup at the Chuck…
David Fitzsimmons: At Gun-damentalist Church, blessed are the Uzis, AK-47s, hollow points
I was oiling my Bushmaster when Ralph said, "Why don't you attend worship services with me this Sunday? Can't hurt, right?"
David Fitzsimmons: Cupid's arrow pierces 8-year-old's heart, evokes schoolyard angst
In October JFK had just brought us through the Cuban missile crisis. By February I was a third grader unsure I'd survive my own doomsday crisi…
David Fitzsimmons: Sure, I'm a sap, but this copper's made me late - and the blonde's waiting
His lights were in my rearview mirror. The local heat was on my tail like guacamole dip on nachos. I pulled into the dark side street, stopped…
David Fitzsimmons: Like Tucson's own phoenix, a wonderful downtown rises anew
I counted the black berets in the audience at the Fox and stroked my soul patch. Opera glasses and silver ponytails, reeking of casitas and hy…
David Fitzsimmons: Hearty Tucsonans dug out their long-sleeved shirts, corduroy flip-flops
The Northeast survived superstorm Sandy, New Orleans made it through Katrina and for one harrowing week, Tucson met the challenge of the centu…
David Fitzsimmons: Freedom Picnic offers gun accessories to keep our youngest safe, armed
This is an unpaid advertisement from Freedom Picnic:
David Fitzsimmons: New Year's ideas from '7 Gems of Worthless Advice'
New Year's is all about resolutions and resolve and motivation. Which leads me to a day years ago when I was in Phoenix to address a conferenc…
David Fitzsimmons: How Santa moved to the desert and Tucson became Kringleville
"You need a scoop, a clean shirt and a shave." My editor was pounding on me like a bad eggnog hangover. "Get a clue, Sherlock Homeless. Dig up…
David Fitzsimmons: 'Desert Miracle' package: a baby boy, brightest star
You are Mary and Joseph, right? And this is Bethlehem?
David Fitzsimmons: No Founding Father intended Somalia in crafting a more perfect union
First comes the tragedy, then the funerals, and then the talking. We will lament our violent culture, give lip service to mental health and wa…
David Fitzsimmons: Visions of a Hollywood deal dance in our columnist's head
I love Burl Ives and Dr. Seuss, but the classic holiday cartoons need updating. With spiced eggnog and a red nose I went to work on my ticket …
David Fitzsimmons: Just a little primer to help our snowbirds acclimate to ... well, everything
On behalf of Tucson I want to welcome all of our winter visitors here with a hearty "Bienvenidos" - that's Spanish for, "drive faster, granddad."
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