Those Nagging, Prophetic Voices Community Groups That Make The Most Sense Get Left On The Margins Prophets have never been popular. Real prophets aren't sideshow acts; they don't tell the future, they critique the present. Prophets are people who [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Aug 26, 2004 Read More
A Nation Behind Bars Flushing Tax Dollars Down The Cosmic Toilet The Bernalillo County Commission is facing a major financial crunch brought on by the spiffy new jail on the outskirts of town. The [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Aug 19, 2004 Read More
Whose Economic Recovery? Once Again, The President Is Full Of Baloney Every time I hear George W. Bush brag about turning around the economy I do a double take. What are you talking about? [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Aug 12, 2004 Read More
Redefining Poverty Little Progress In Any Of Our Wars On Nouns Right before the Democratic National Convention opened last week in Boston, another Bush appointee made the trip from D.C. to our electorally strategic [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Aug 05, 2004 Read More
Mayoral Election Runoff An Amendment Away From Reality Voters Get To Decide In November One of the three proposed state constitutional amendments that will be on this November's ballot could create a very interesting scenario for Albuquerque's [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Jul 22, 2004 Read More
Nader'S Siren Song Is Tempting, But ... Big Government Resides On Both Sides Of The Aisle I heard Ralph Nader on Amy Goodman's “Democracy Now” radio show the other day and I have to tell you that the guy [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Jul 15, 2004 Read More
A Big John Kerry Abrazo For La Plebe Hispanics Give Him The Love At Phoenix Convention If you believe the propaganda emanating from some Republican strategists' pipe dreams, the Hispanic vote is up for grabs in the 2004 presidential [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Jul 08, 2004 Read More
Mixing Religion And Politics Gives Me A Hangover I don't belong to an organized religion; I'm a Roman Catholic. That's a paraphrase of Will Rogers' great line, except he was talking [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Jul 01, 2004 Read More
Sniffing Out The Reagan Legacy The Gipper Was A Low-Rent Actor, And Dubya'S In A Category By Himself Listening to, watching and reading the tidal wave of elegiac gushings occasioned by the death of former President Ronald Reagan was a peculiar [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Jun 24, 2004 Read More
The Specter Of Santa Feication Another Take On East Downtown'S Urban Renewal Efforts I was amazed at the reaction I got to my recent piece suggesting gentrification (in the form of the East of Downtown Development [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Jun 17, 2004 Read More