David Fitzsimmons
Arizona Daily Star
Arizona, United States
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Fitz's Opinion: 7 reasons to volunteer for the Tucson Festival of Books
You won't regret spending a weekend surrounded by stories and storytellers, writes David Fitzsimmons. → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: After 40 years in journalism, a cartoonist's chapter draws to a close
The following column is the opinion and analysis of the writer: As of today I am officially retired from my beloved Arizona Daily Star after 36 wonderful years. In the new year, I’ll continue to submit my columns and cartoons to the Star, only I’ll be a freelance contributor on Medicare A, B and C who is able to take the long vacations I’ve dreamed of taking for years. After four decades hunched… → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: Acting advice from a holiday ham on Christmas Eve
A typecast cartoonist remembers his old friend Ebenezer Scrooge → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: A lesson learned on a December morning in Southern Arizona
An old cartoonist sees the light in Nogales, Arizona → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: I remember Arizona Representative Jim Kolbe
Why Southern Arizona mourns the loss of the patriot from Patagonia → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: Ruby Bridges takes us on an inspiring walk with truth and the American dream
The African American Museum of Southern Arizona welcomes a civil rights icon to town → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: Fitz celebrates an annual winter tradition shared by thousands here
The phone call back east to gloat about our weather → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: My last candidate interview of the 2022 election cycle
I sit down with Delbert Giggins, candidate for Dogcatcher of Cactus Flats, Arizona → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: So you think you know all there is to know about our Halloween traditions
A quiz to test your knowledge regarding things that go bump en la noche → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: Why comedians make better leaders than public servants or news anchors
The following column is the opinion and analysis of the writer: I’d rather have a dull public servant for governor than a news anchor. Truth be told, I’d rather have a comedian for governor than a news anchor. All news anchors eventually take themselves seriously. Some actually believe they are more than an arched eyebrow that can read a crawl under a studio camera. Media creatures who take… → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: Election result could bring disturbing scenario for women
The following column is the opinion and analysis of the writer: I’m imagining the possibility that the consequence of this upcoming election will be the banning of abortion under state and federal law. Here’s a scenario I foresee, looking back from 2025: Trump and the right return to rule in 2024. Within months abortion is banned nationwide and by 2025 a desperate 16-year-old is getting her… → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: My rehab tradeoff — Goodbye, fast food; Hello, long life
Headline: Our cartoonist conquers cardiac conditioning → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: Secretary of State candidates Finchem and Fontes face off in Trump's Twilight Zone
Headline: Arizona's threat to democracy Mark Finchem abducted by conspiracy theories → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: Candidate Kari Lake's Christ is unfamiliar to this heathen sinner
The following column is the opinion and analysis of the writer: “You can call us whatever you want, Joe. You can call us extremists. You can call us domestic terrorists. You know who else was called a lot of names, his whole life? Jesus.” — Kari Lake, MAGA Republican candidate for governor of Arizona Lake was standing in front of a giant cross when she declared Arizona’s MAGA Republicans are… → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: The passing of a Queen and the conflicted Irish
The following column is the opinion and analysis of the writer: When Queen Elizabeth died I felt conflicted. A BBC-tutored Anglophile with a superficial grasp of the history of the British Monarchy, from the Tudors to Diana, this fan of “The Crown” felt the loss of one of history’s giant figures. Yet I was perplexed by the depth of American grief over the loss of a British tabloid celebrity. The… → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: Protect your schoolchildren from those howling they will protect Arizona's children
Beware of the anti-public education predators preying on paranoia and ignorance → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: When liberty's song falls on deaf ears raise your voices
The din of democracy's hustlers is drowning out America's whispered promise → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: Democracy is in our DNA
The cost of liberty can be found in our blood, sweat and treasure. → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: Arizona's finest hydrologist returns to answer your thirst for knowledge
Our resident water expert, Professor Hydro, is happy to rain on your parade → Read More
Fitz's Opinion: At the Arroyo Cafe the Primary results called for a round of antacids
Arizonans find the radical candidates Finchem and Masters hard to swallow → Read More