Danehy Archives

WRONG Turns
A look at some things that are askew in our society. (08/21/03)
By Tom Danehy

Off the Sidelines
Salpointe basketball coach Brian Peabody is out of a job--despite a winning record. (08/14/03)
By Tom Danehy

Milking the NFL
An open letter to the widow of former Minnesota Viking Korey Stringer. (08/07/03)
By Tom Danehy

Coulter Club
Of all the recent liberal-bashing books, New Right Babe Ann Coulter's is the worst. (07/31/03)
By Tom Danehy

I Like Bike
The Tour de France fills Tom's void during the summer TV downtime. (07/24/03)
By Tom Danehy

Reefer Madness
Chewing the fat with Damon Stoudamire--sort of. (07/17/03)
By Tom Danehy

New Era
European players are bringing back old-school basketball and a breath of fresh air to the NBA. (07/10/03)
By Tom Danehy

Deadly Thoughts
Ruminations on how to meet the master. (07/03/03)
By Tom Danehy

Flying High
Local track star Connie Jerz hopes to pole vault her way to Athens. (06/26/03)
By Tom Danehy

The Name Game
"Dick" and "Jane" just don't cut it anymore. (06/19/03)
By Tom Danehy

A Mile in His Shoes
These days, sneakers are expensive, poorly made and full of hot air. (06/12/03)
By Tom Danehy

Guidance Grab Bag
A few words of wisdom for those in need of a wake-up call. (06/05/03)
By Tom Danehy

Tube Tops
Tom likes to watch. (05/29/03)
By Tom Danehy

Rule Violations
Those who don't follow established regulations may be headed down a path of crime. (05/22/03)
By Tom Danehy

Of God and Men
Determining whether we were created or evolved makes for an adult discussion. (05/15/03)
By Tom Danehy

Entitled to Nothing
Your right to have what you want only goes so far. (05/08/03)
By Tom Danehy

Picture Unperfect
Catching red-light runners by camera would make our streets much safer. (05/01/03)
By Tom Danehy

Dim Bulbs
A look at some recent not-so-bright behavior from the masses. (04/24/03)
By Tom Danehy

Iraq Inquiries
A look at some unanswered questions about the war. (04/17/03)
By Tom Danehy

Baby Boom Bungles
Our entire generation should regret this list of unfortunate occurrences. (04/10/03)
By Tom Danehy

Adventures in Jury Duty
Being civic-minded has its challenges. (04/03/03)
By Tom Danehy

Bush-League Baseball
By canceling their opening series in Japan, baseball players showed what cretins they are. (03/27/03)
By Tom Danehy

Impaired Thinking
Society still takes an approach with drunk drivers that's much too lenient. (03/20/03)
By Tom Danehy

Coach for Hire
Danehy throws his jock in the ring to become a UA assistant football coach. (03/13/03)
By Tom Danehy

Sunny Side Up
An unexpected look at what's good in the world. (03/06/03)
By Tom Danehy

Place Your Bets
A few things to wager the farm on (or not). (02/27/03)
By Tom Danehy

Oil Whores
Buying Iraq may eliminate high gas prices and prevent a war. (02/20/03)
By Tom Danehy

In the Big Time
Jimmy Kimmel made his way from the Tucson airwaves to a new late-night talk show. (02/13/03)
By Tom Danehy

Needing a Vacation
Common sense isn't always found in the workplace. (02/06/03)
By Tom Danehy

Foul Shots
Coaching high school sports has its rewards, but some parents can be downright offensive. (01/30/03)
By Tom Danehy

Road Trip
The Seven Wonders of Southern Arizona. (01/23/03)
By Tom Danehy

Title Icks
The Bush Administration targets Title IX. (01/16/03)
By Tom Danehy

Coffee Klatch
A bagel and a cup of Joe can be hazardous to your wallet--and SUV. (01/09/03)
By Tom Danehy

Around the Bend
A look ahead at the biggest stories of 2003. (01/02/03)
By Tom Danehy

Knock Knock Knocking on Hell's Door
A list of people you won't find at the pearly gates. (12/26/02)
By Tom Danehy

Santa's Helper
Amanda Vega-Ramos provides a gift to the southside--a new city park. (12/19/02)
By Tom Danehy

Under the Elephant
A look at what's coming with the Republicans in charge. (12/12/02)
By Tom Danehy

Flipping The Bird
An Arizona Cardinals fan comes to his senses. (12/05/02)
By Tom Danehy

180 + 180 = 360
And you thought the UA football program was going in circles? (11/28/02)
By Tom Danehy

Writing Wrongs
Ignorant, fat, bald, disgusting, un-American, racist--and that's just Mom's opinion. (11/21/02)
By Tom Danehy

Electoral Autopsy
Trying to find some bright spots among the rubble... (11/14/02)
By Tom Danehy

Bad Rap
The death of the civil-rights movement is greatly exaggerated--as is the importance of hip-hop. (11/07/02)
By Tom Danehy

Potheads for Debby Boone
If you can't read or do the math, you can still get out and vote. Ya got an opinion, doncha? (10/31/02)
By Tom Danehy

Elysian Fields
A father's dream for the Angels comes true. (10/24/02)
By Tom Danehy

School Daze
A longtime teacher has just about had his fill. (10/17/02)
By Tom Danehy

Indian Givers
Every time native Americans get a leg up, whites try to change the rules. This time, it's gaming. (10/10/02)
By Tom Danehy

Press Code
10 Ways to Improve the Media. (10/03/02)
By Tom Danehy

Stinkhole
What you learn after it hits the fan. (09/26/02)
By Tom Danehy

The Bell Tolls
The children of the most selfish generation of parents in history are paying the price. (09/19/02)
By Tom Danehy

Saddle Up
When Jason Gardner goes pro, he'll need a posse. Here's the man to lead it. (09/12/02)
By Tom Danehy

September 11
A few facts you may have missed in the avalanche of press coverage a year later. (09/05/02)
By Tom Danehy

Get Smart
A few school policies that need to be re-thought. (08/29/02)
By Tom Danehy

Homer
How about a baseball announcer who calls a good game well? (08/22/02)
By Tom Danehy

Chain of Fools
A shake of a finger--maybe even the finger--at this misbehaving and annoying lot. (08/15/02)
By Tom Danehy

Chewing the Fat
Hold on to your love handles--another ridiculous lawsuit is upon us. (08/08/02)
By Tom Danehy

Going, Going, Gone
A few things we'd be better off without. (08/01/02)
By Tom Danehy

Get Down
There's more to Mass than kneeling for prayer. Even the priests get a little funky time. (07/25/02)
By Tom Danehy

Yak Yak Yak
Don't talk back on those cell phones. (07/18/02)
By Tom Danehy

Snakes and Sidewinders
Summer, inept politicians and corporate greed abound, but baseball is here and autumn is coming. (07/11/02)
By Tom Danehy

No Matches Necessary
Extremists provide plenty of political fireworks this Independence Day. (07/04/02)
By Tom Danehy

Shooting Off at the Mouth
Guns don't kill people. Gun owners do. So is that why we let the NRA decide our gun laws? (06/27/02)
By Tom Danehy

A Kick in the Cup
The TW Sports Desk reviews this week's soccer highlights. (06/20/02)
By Tom Danehy

Girl Power
Women can play just as tough as the boys. (06/13/02)
By Tom Danehy

Hot Air
Don't talk about summer. Do something to make it memorable. (06/06/02)
By Tom Danehy

The Next Big Thing
Kick a soccer ball into the 'Net and become an athletic supporter. (05/30/02)
By Tom Danehy

Meaty Topics
You can toss tortillas, but can you dribble a leather basketball? (05/23/02)
By Tom Danehy

Who Needs Good P.R.?
White American hoopsters, the Catholic Church and Randall Gnant, but not Mike Tyson. (05/16/02)
By Tom Danehy

Mother Knows Best
Times have changed, but mothers still deserve our respect. (05/09/02)
By Tom Danehy

Net Success
The UA men's club volleyball team sets a winning standard for all to follow. (05/02/02)
By Tom Danehy

What's goin' on?
These days it's hard to tell one political party from the other. (04/25/02)
By Tom Danehy

Not Worth It
Parents living their sports dreams vicariously through their children do them a disservice. (04/18/02)
By Tom Danehy

Reasons to sneer
Oro Valley has its own way of doing things. (04/11/02)
By Tom Danehy

Planes, Trains And Automobiles
He's no wild and crazy guy, but that's not what you want in car repair, now is it? (04/04/02)
By Tom Danehy

Holy Defined
The Gonzales sisters exemplify the true meaning of Easter. (03/28/02)
By Tom Danehy

Nothing for Money
Technology makes it a breeze to download music from the Internet. That doesn't make it right. (03/21/02)
By Tom Danehy

March Musings
In the hoop dreams of incipient springtime dance endless visions of tall young men cutting down nylon nets. (03/14/02)
By Tom Danehy

Breath of Fresh Air
Before cable TV and VCRs, there was the late movie. Back when Tucson TV personalities were real, Hank Lominac was the realest of all. (03/07/02)
By Tom Danehy

Gold Digger
Our personal-finance advisor sums up the Olympics. Want a Canadian dime? (02/28/02)
By Tom Danehy

'Everybody's Doing It'
But when dealing with banks, we're the ones getting screwed. (02/21/02)
By Tom Danehy

Penitence
On this Day of Love, in this season of Lent, let us suffer the fools. (02/14/02)
By Tom Danehy

Cell-phonies
Statistics show that most state legislators can't, or don't, count. (02/07/02)
By Tom Danehy

Stupor Bowl
Here are some dark alleys for your mind to wander into during the big game. (01/31/02)
By Tom Danehy

Gun Disease
The number-one killer of teens is turning out to be other teens. (01/24/02)
By Tom Danehy

Chat Room Tempest
Can this be the final word on home schooling and high-school sports? (01/17/02)
By Tom Danehy

Post-Holiday Boos
Humbugs to Ibarra, Arensa and Abu-Jamal. (01/10/02)
By Tom Danehy

Kwanzaa Quandary
Why would anyone celebrate such a bogus holiday? (01/03/02)
By Tom Danehy

The Rake's Progress
Now we know why they claim classical music is "elevating." (12/27/01)
By Tom Danehy

Double Standard
Home-schooled kids don't belong in school sports. (12/20/01)
By Tom Danehy

The White Stuff
A Caucasian Compendium. (12/13/01)
By Tom Danehy

Where's the Beef?
The carnivorous curmudgeon responds to our animal-rights feature. (12/06/01)
By Tom Danehy

Home Team Wins
Jim Fogltance "un-retires" to coach a few more kids. (11/29/01)
By Tom Danehy

Drama Coach
The continuing, gripping saga of a coach who loses even when he wins. (11/22/01)
By Tom Danehy

News Hounds
Coverage of Monday's plane crash shows that journalism has gone to the dogs. (11/15/01)
By Tom Danehy

Whirled Series
In a spin over baseball overload and other annoyances. (11/08/01)
By Tom Danehy

Paternity Sweat
And whose little girl are you? (11/01/01)
By Tom Danehy

Raising Arizona
What doesn't it take to raise good kids? (10/25/01)
By Tom Danehy

Cat Scratches
John Mackovic's team isn't putting up much of a fight. (10/18/01)
By Tom Danehy

Pointing Fingers
Women stay with creeps because the world sucks. (10/11/01)
By Tom Danehy

Terrorizing Thoughts
What passes for logic in the wake of September 11th. (10/04/01)
By Tom Danehy

Old School
An overage high-school football player gets set to hammer kids who actually belong in the game. (09/27/01)
By Tom Danehy

Rapid Response, Part 2
High schoolers react to the September 11 attack. (09/20/01)
By Tom Danehy

Rapid Response
A self-avowed sensitive guy gets tough on terrorism. (09/13/01)
By Tom Danehy

Noetic License
Unmarried couples only think they're equal to their wedded counterparts. (09/06/01)
By Tom Danehy

Riddle Me This
The Answer Dude returns. (08/30/01)
By Tom Danehy

Maturity Leave
Danehy has to settle the score. (08/23/01)
By Tom Danehy

Ball Bearings
Riki Ellison returns to his roots for some life coaching. (08/16/01)
By Tom Danehy

Tom's Kvetch-O-Rama
More of the usual spew from Tucson's most vocal couch potato. (08/09/01)
By Tom Danehy

August, Ick
Inspiring little admiration and even less awe, the eighth month is just plain insufferable. (08/02/01)
By Tom Danehy

Cheese Stands Alone
Kolbe's raising a stink over nothing. (07/26/01)
By Tom Danehy

Tough Calls
Bust your cell phone, and give the cops a break. (07/19/01)
By Tom Danehy

Sun-deviled
In the summer heat, ASU mirages rise from the asphalt. (07/12/01)
By Tom Danehy

Straw Man
Alas, this summer might not suck. (07/05/01)
By Tom Danehy

Club Footing
The Boys & Girls Club gives everybody a head start, even big-mouthed Italian kids. (06/28/01)
By Tom Danehy

Fleece Academy
Here's a get-rich-quick scheme: Open a charter school. (06/21/01)
By Tom Danehy

Tube Boobs
It's Blockbuster versus consumers, but who's taking advantage of whom? (06/14/01)
By Tom Danehy

No Wonder Years
After a long hiatus, The Answer Dude returns. (06/07/01)
By Tom Danehy

Both Sides Now
An inveterate cynic tries the Pollyanna approach. (05/31/01)
By Tom Danehy

Tom Foolery
Reading this column will leave you Danehied. (05/24/01)
By Tom Danehy

Caught in the Middle
Ward 3 City Council candidate Vicki Hart is a nice person; so is her detractor in The Skinny. (05/17/01)
By Tom Danehy

Los Dias de las Madres
Praise the Mamas, but for kids' sake, don't forget the Papas. (05/10/01)
By Tom Danehy

Heart to Heart
Those intensive work-outs sure build up an appetite. (05/03/01)
By Tom Danehy

Idiots Rule
Bald-headed women, Bill Walton and cell phones. Just take me now. (04/26/01)
By Tom Danehy

Alley Cats
Some overweening, not-quite-winning UA players are going out on the prowl. (04/19/01)
By Tom Danehy

Decathlon of Disgust
Here are the top 10 reasons to be pissed off this week. (04/12/01)
By Tom Danehy

Underachievers' Diary
The Wildcats finally came through, even if they didn't ultimately win. (04/05/01)
By Tom Danehy

Four Play
A number of reasons the Cats are headed for a championship. (03/29/01)
By Tom Danehy

Out of Bounds
The Arizona Legislature drops the ball. (03/22/01)
By Tom Danehy

Hoop-de-doo
This white man gets jumpy at the end of college basketball season. (03/15/01)
By Tom Danehy

Piques in the Valley
Simplify your life and pass your annoyances along. (03/08/01)
By Tom Danehy

And Baby Makes Two
Hollywood bastardizes another aspect of life. (03/01/01)
By Tom Danehy

Bull Market
Yee-hah! Here comes the rodeo! (02/22/01)
By Tom Danehy

Dead Can Dribble
Coolidge would be just a dusty, open grave if it weren't for its crack basketball team. (02/15/01)
By Tom Danehy

Sweat Smell of X-cess
The XFL is the best thing that ever happened to video stores. (02/08/01)
By Tom Danehy

On the Wrong Foot
Tampa's Super Bowl missed the mark by a long shot. (02/01/01)
By Tom Danehy

Gender Bias
Men and women simply disagree on a few essential points. (01/25/01)
By Tom Danehy

Going Postal
Do writers of hate mail have to buy more stamps if they use big words? (01/18/01)
By Tom Danehy

Teed Off
Don't be annoyed by the Tucson Open; golf's a gas. (01/11/01)
By Tom Danehy

More Than Meets the Eye
Behind every lucky man, there's a great woman. (01/04/01)
By Tom Danehy

Man Of The Century
Time to mop up the 20th century. (12/28/00)
By Tom Danehy

Post Partum Depression
Now that the Electoral System has arduously given birth to a new president, the shock is setting in. (12/21/00)
By Tom Danehy

Tally-Ho!
Most of this election's winners and losers weren't even running. (12/14/00)
By Tom Danehy

Full Court Press
Certain justices and sportswriters are held in contempt. (12/07/00)
By Tom Danehy

Reversal Of Fortune
Searching for what it takes to wake up to life. (11/30/00)
By Tom Danehy

Trypto-Fan
Giblets and driblets for your post-turkey haze. (11/23/00)
By Tom Danehy

The Rap-Up
A study on the evolution of one five-letter, four-letter word. (11/16/00)
By Tom Danehy

Feeling Bushed
A Democrat makes a long Election Day's journey into night. (11/09/00)
By Tom Danehy

Pyrrhic Victories
Only Danehy can turn a winning streak into defeat. (11/02/00)
By Tom Danehy

Tube Stake
Chickens, ducks and dogs, oh my. (10/26/00)
By Tom Danehy

Mass Confusion
Church shouldn't be like a monster truck rally. (10/19/00)
By Tom Danehy

Wiccan Wonderland
Danehy contemplates fans of full moons and football. (10/12/00)
By Tom Danehy

Jock Radio
All roads lead away from Jim Rome. (10/05/00)
By Tom Danehy

Olympic Flame
Coverage of the Sydney Games is rating high on the Suck-o-Meter. (09/28/00)
By Tom Danehy

Equi-Noxious Fumes
The weather may be changing, but Danehy stays the same. (09/21/00)
By Tom Danehy

Doggerel Days
It doesn't take much In these placid times to make us wax poetic. (09/14/00)
By Tom Danehy

Charter Flight
Not content to piss off only the home-schoolers, Danehy mocks the other alternative ed. (09/07/00)
By Tom Danehy

Crystal Football
Answer Dude, who's never been right about the Cats, predicts the best of times, the worst of times. (08/31/00)
By Tom Danehy

Dem Bones
Dorkiness triumphed at the Democratic convention. (08/24/00)
By Tom Danehy

Kind Hearts & Epithets
What it boils down to is either we have free speech or we don't. (08/17/00)
By Tom Danehy

Philly Cheese Stakes
Those "inclusive" Republicans will just shred their tent into costumes for a toga party. (08/10/00)
By Tom Danehy

The Whores of Summer
At the annual college basketball meat market, can Lute avoid being just another john? (08/03/00)
By Tom Danehy

Splurge Or Purge?
The diet's gonna kill ya, one way or another. (07/27/00)
By Tom Danehy

Random Notes
Ruminations on the Diamondbacks, cell-phone users, the U.S. men's soccer team and Emil Franzi's radio audience. (07/20/00)
By Tom Danehy

Flesh Wounds
Tattoos and triple-digit IQs don't mix. (07/13/00)
By Tom Danehy

Foul Shot
Let's not be in such a rush to forgive Jason Terry. (07/06/00)
By Tom Danehy

V For Victory
Bob Vielledent is one of the best coaches in Arizona, even if he can't complete a sentence. (06/29/00)
By Tom Danehy

Solstice Searching
It's time to get off our axis and get on with our lives. (06/22/00)
By Tom Danehy

Bird Watching
The Cardinals are coming--big whoop. (06/15/00)
By Tom Danehy

Road To Nowhere
Long-form follows function in a southbound sedan on S.R. 90. (06/08/00)
By Tom Danehy

Tube Tied
Presenting the Tommies, year 2000. (06/01/00)
By Tom Danehy

Dynamite Diamonds
The UA women's softball team looks toward another championship. (05/25/00)
By Tom Danehy

Huddle Up
Let's tackle the question of a football program at PCC. (05/18/00)
By Tom Danehy

Fight Club
You could throw in space aliens and pirates and it wouldn't make boxing any less reputable. (05/11/00)
By Tom Danehy

Hoops Scoops
Tom ponders the NBA playoffs. (05/04/00)
By Tom Danehy

Adiós, Amigo
Tom bids farewell to outgoing editor/publisher Douglas Biggers. (04/27/00)
By Tom Danehy

No Justice
Drunk driver Marissa Rodriguez got off way too easy. (04/20/00)
By Tom Danehy

Rattle And Hum
Sidewinders' owner Jay Zucker is making baseball fun again. (04/13/00)
By Tom Danehy

Tokyo Doze
Tom's notes on major league baseball's season opener in Tokyo. (04/06/00)
By Tom Danehy

Agreeable Disagreement
Why Tom's a little different from the rest of the TW gang. (03/30/00)
By Tom Danehy

All-Star Bloopers
Tom offers some suggestions to the Star's editorial staff. (03/23/00)
By Tom Danehy

Power Of A Tourney
A half-page comprehensive guide to the NCAA competition. (03/16/00)
By Tom Danehy

Hearing Problems
Tom endures the unhappy inevitability of overheard conversations. (03/09/00)
By Tom Danehy

Close Minded
The open-primary system is wreaking havoc on the American political process. (03/02/00)
By Tom Danehy

Sports And Politics
Tom muses about the AIA, John McCain, and grumpy Sam Hughes residents. (02/24/00)
By Tom Danehy

Ladies First
You have no excuse for not catching the UA women's basketball team on the court. (02/17/00)
By Tom Danehy

Soccer Tom
Tom endures a lesson in the fine art of offsides. (02/10/00)
By Tom Danehy

Impossible Dream
So The Rams have won a Super Bowl. What next? (02/03/00)
By Tom Danehy

Emcee Glamour
Tom chats with the undisputed king of Tucson radio. (01/27/00)
By Tom Danehy

A Friend In Need
The circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of a New West clubgoer. (01/20/00)
By Tom Danehy

The Danehy Quiz
Conversation pieces for those agonizing lulls. (01/13/00)
By Tom Danehy

Midterm Grades
Tom doles out his annual grades to the Wildcat basketballers. (01/06/00)
By Tom Danehy

Sorry, But...
Tom backs off a bit from his earlier position on home schooling--but just a bit. (12/23/99)
By Tom Danehy

Barkley's Last Basket
Barkley was one of the last links to a league where winning used to be more important than shoe deals. (12/16/99)
By Tom Danehy

Odds And Ends
Things you might have missed due to the Tryptophan epidemic a couple weeks back. (12/09/99)
By Tom Danehy

Just Joshin'
Josh Pastner, for those who have managed to avoid UA basketball the past four years, is one of the truly unique college athletes of our time. (12/02/99)
By Tom Danehy

Speed Kills
Every street in America is a law-enforcement zone, and drivers should always abide by the law. (11/25/99)
By Tom Danehy

World Beat
It's National Geography Week, and this one is way more important than, say, National Pickle Week, which most of you probably missed last month. (11/18/99)
By Tom Danehy

Poor Sports
Let me make this as clear as possible. I hate home schooling. (11/11/99)
By Tom Danehy

Bowl Challenge
We have to deal with six billion idiots who think this New Year's Eve is somehow special. (11/04/99)
By Tom Danehy

Tomey's Inferno
If I live a normal life span, I should be able to see man land on Mars, a cure for cancer, and maybe even the Second Coming of Christ. But no Rose Bowl Cats. (10/28/99)
By Tom Danehy

Taking The Heat
Takin' care of some correspondence. (10/21/99)
By Tom Danehy

Rosie The Riveting
Rosie Garcia will jump on any bandwagon if it's headed in the right direction, and if a needed bandwagon doesn't exist, she'll start one. (10/14/99)
By Tom Danehy

Bored To Run
Comments on a cross-country meet. (10/07/99)
By Tom Danehy

Love/Hate Relationship
Brian said he knew immediately that she was the one when he saw that she could go to her left. (09/30/99)
By Tom Danehy

Best Bets
Tom's 10 local-sports must-sees. (09/23/99)
By Tom Danehy

This And That
Tom's thoughts on everything from Arizona politics to Joan and Melissa Rivers. (09/16/99)
By Tom Danehy

Huddle Up
A few things to fear this NFL season. (09/09/99)
By Tom Danehy

Hot To Trot
There’s no stopping 16-year-old spitfire Michael Smith. (09/02/99)
By Tom Danehy

Penn State Of Mind
Decisive commentary on this weekend's Wildcats-Penn State game. (08/26/99)
By Tom Danehy

Pigskin Mania
The Wildcats tear up the turf at Cochise College. (08/19/99)
By Tom Danehy

Divine Intervention
Jerry and God talk shop. (08/12/99)
By Tom Danehy

Future Schlock
How the Amphi Panther football team came to win the 2003 5A state championship game by the score of 84-0. (08/05/99)
By Tom Danehy

Talkin' Baseball
We've only got a couple more months before the games start meaning something. (07/29/99)
By Tom Danehy

French Press
Van De Velde brought life, spirit and emotion to the most boring sport on earth. (07/22/99)
By Tom Danehy

Dear Billy
Billy, it's not too late. You can straighten out. (07/15/99)
By Tom Danehy

My Chat With Charlton
Charlton Heston lets his work speak for him. (07/08/99)
By Tom Danehy

By Dawn's Early Light
Mornings suck. And pre-mornings suck geometrically. (07/01/99)
By Tom Danehy