Jim Sharpe has worked in and around the media since he was an Arizona high school student. He’s been a talk show host; a program director; a media liaison and consultant for political campaigns; and an award-winning journalist (including being awarded Reporter of the Year). He’s worked in major markets like Los Angeles and tiny towns like Page, Arizona — and in far-flung places like Iraq: where, as an embedded reporter during Operation Iraqi Freedom, he survived a roadside bombing while on a U.S. Army patrol north of Baghdad. You can hear Arizona’s Morning News weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.
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JIM SHARPE | Aug 6, 2018Sharper Point: The kids are back in school — let’s party!
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!
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JIM SHARPE | Jul 26, 2018Sharper Point: Loss of DPS trooper is shocking — even for the jaded
Losing someone as young as Trooper Tyler Edenhofer must come as a huge shock to his brothers and sisters in law enforcement, people who believed that they couldn't be shocked -- because they’d already seen it all.
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JIM SHARPE | Jul 24, 2018
Sharper Point: Arizona remembers, Eric Holder, even if you don’t
How could Eric Holder possibly tell Stephen Colbert that he’s considering a run for president? Did he already forget about Fast and Furious? We haven't.
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JIM SHARPE | Jul 19, 2018Sharper 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.
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JIM SHARPE | Jul 10, 2018Sharper 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.
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JIM SHARPE | Jun 29, 2018Sharper 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.
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JIM SHARPE | Jun 15, 2018Sharper Point: Rep. Stringer’s words racist — but not why you think
Some of Arizona state Rep. David Stringer's recent controversial speech was racist, but not when he said “there aren’t enough white kids to go around."
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 6, 2018Sharper Point: Is Dennis Rodman a deep-cover diplomat in a dress?
Maybe it’s not the weirdest thing ever, but there’s probably a very short list of stranger things that have happened in history other than Dennis Rodman playing a part in U.S. diplomatic policy.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 1, 2018Sharper 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."
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JIM SHARPE | May 22, 2018Sharper 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?
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JIM SHARPE | May 15, 2018Sharper 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?
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 7, 2018Sharper Point: Would a Diamondbacks move mean fewer fans?
The Arizona Diamondbacks need more reasons for people to attend games - not fewer. Moving away from the center of the Valley won't help.
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JIM SHARPE | May 2, 2018Opinion: 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?
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JIM SHARPE | Apr 25, 2018Opinion: 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.
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JIM SHARPE | Apr 12, 2018Opinion: Could addiction be the cause of 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.
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JIM SHARPE | Nov 20, 2017Sharper 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.
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JIM SHARPE | Aug 9, 2017Opinion: Brewers hitting bottle, not ball, with possible 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?
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JIM SHARPE | Jul 13, 2017Are 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.
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JIM SHARPE | Jun 27, 2017Opinion: I’m tapped, so what ideas do you have for health care reform?
I can't make my health care arguments anymore, so Jim Sharpe turned to you, the readers, to see what you thought. He wasn't disappointed.
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JIM SHARPE | Jun 19, 2017Opinion: Heat wave hitting Phoenix is all jokes until someone dies
Cracking jokes about the extreme heat in Phoenix is pretty much the norm, but it's also a serious matter that can have deadly consequences.
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JIM SHARPE | Jun 15, 2017Opinion: Megyn Kelly interviewing Alex Jones is must-miss TV of year
While Jim Sharpe respects Megyn Kelly's right to interview conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on her new show, he certainly won't be tuning in.
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JIM SHARPE | Jun 14, 2017Opinion: Don’t blame leftists for shooting, blame them for what’s next
Jim Sharpe doesn't blame the vociferous extreme left for Wednesday's shooting of a congressman. He blames them for what happens next.
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JIM SHARPE | Jun 12, 2017Is Phoenix a ‘real’ city – and should I care?
Is Phoenix a big city - or not? That is a question that was posed in an article Sunday, and it really shouldn't even be a question.
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JIM SHARPE | Jun 7, 2017Opinion: I just can’t win with President Donald Trump’s lovers and haters
Is it Trump that brings out all this pure, unadulterated insanity in both the president's lovers and haters or is it (gulp) me?