Jim Sharpe
KTAR News
Arizona, United States
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Past articles by Jim:
and current - victims means Maricopa County Attorney Adel should resign
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe believes Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel should resign after her office failed current -- and likely future -- victims by missing a charging deadline for about 200 cases. → Read More
Sharpe: Funny Santa pics during a not-so-fun holiday season
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe appreciates the innovation, but he hopes the "socially distanced Santa" picture will exist only this year. → Read More
Sharpe: Critiquing the campaigns' ad nauseam advertisements
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe knows he can't expect politicians to give us honest advertising, but is it too much to ask for coherent ads? → Read More
Sharpe: Scottsdale's YOLO attitude is a (business) killer
Selfish behavior by businesses and patrons puts us all at risk of another shutdown, write KTAR News host Jim Sharpe. → Read More
Sharpe: Please, diners (sick or not), don't sue restaurants over coronavirus
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe says to not sue Arizona restaurants that reopen for dine-in service during the coronavirus outbreak for multiple reasons. → Read More
The good, the bad and (yes, even) the funny of coronavirus
KTAR News host Jim Sharpe offers his rundown of the good, bad and even funny parts of the coronavirus outbreak. → Read More
Sharper Point: I'd rather be an emotional mess than a monster
How do we process awful things like the 22-year-old Phoenix mother accused of killing her three young children this week? Jim Sharpe shares his thoughts. → Read More
Sharper Point: The kids are back in school
I don't know how you feel about seeing the kiddos toddle off to school for another year of learning, but at our house, for several reasons, it's a party! → Read More
Sharper Point: The 22 billion reasons we need to be really nice to tourists
Be nice to the tourists -- they spent more than $22 billion in Arizona last year. Those are plenty of reasons to embrace visitors. → Read More
Sharper Point: Is monsoon mania making you mental?
Sometimes, the news business can be a little over the top in coverage of certain events. Weather comes to mind -- monsoon storms, for instance. → Read More
Sharper Point: Still struggling to honor Granite Mountain 19, five years later
Five years after the tragic loss of 19 fearless Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters, it's still hard to find the words to properly commemorate them. → Read More
Sharper Point: Don Shooter needs a timeout, not a return to the Capitol
Don Shooter's run for the Arizona Senate just months after he was kicked out of the state House for inappropriate conduct toward women proves there is such a thing as "too soon." → Read More
Sharper Point: Will Arizona's next Super Bowl be a win, a wash or a loss?
Nobody really negotiates with the NFL for the rights to host a Super Bowl -- you basically beg for it. But is it the prize it's made out to be? → Read More
Sharper Point: Should Arizona take a chance on sports gambling?
After the Supreme Court ruled that individual states can now permit sports betting, the question on everybody’s lips seems to be: Will Vegas-style sports gambling be coming to Arizona? → Read More
Opinion: Holy cow, Boy Scouts of America! Is nothing sacred anymore?
The Boy Scouts of American are changing their name Scouts BSA and allowing girls to join. What’s next? Do they plan to also steal cookie recipes and start selling Thin Mints? → Read More
Paying tribute to Roy Hawthorne Sr., Navajo Code Talkers
Roy Hawthorne Sr., a Navajo Code Talker during World War II, passed away last weekend. Here is why his sacrifice -- as well as the sacrifice of other Code Talkers -- was so integral to the United States' success in the war. → Read More
Opinion: Did addiction cause Phoenix's rising homeless numbers?
The Maricopa Association of Governments recently found the homeless people not staying in shelters has increased by 27 percent in the past year. Jim Sharpe says addiction could be to blame for the rising homeless population. → Read More
Sharper Point: Here's hoping US, media obsession died with Charles Manson
Now that Charles Manson is dead and gone, Jim Sharpe says good riddance and he hopes our morbid fascination with Manson ended as he took his last breath. → Read More
Opinion: Brewers hitting bottle, not ball, with spring training move to Gilbert
The Milwaukee Brewers are eyeing a spring training move to Gilbert but only want to pay $20 million for a $90 million stadium. Has someone been drinking? → Read More
Are open-border advocates partly to blame for immigrant desert deaths?
Jim Sharpe is all for a guest worker program that prevents immigrants dying in the Arizona desert, but thinks an open-border policy is too dangerous. → Read More