Screw You, Hoover Dam! On Tuesday I went to the Hoover Dam, one of the world’s greatest engineering feats. The landscape surrounding the dam, coupled with the [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jul 10, 2008 Read More “Welcome to Hoover Dam, give us all your money.” (JCC)
Hot Polling Action #13 Does Fast Food Deserve Its Bad Reputation? In this week’s feature story, Greg Beato defends cheap, convenient junk food, and argues against menacing moves to regulate fatty foodstuffs. Do you [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jul 10, 2008 Read More I’m so hungry I could eat a cartoon hamburger.
Hot Polling Action # 12 How Should New Mexico Treat Gay Marriages That Have Been Made In Other States? In this week’s issue, Marisa Demarco talks with a gay couple planning to go to California to be legally married. This raises the [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jul 03, 2008 Read More
Short Fiction Contest Finalists For Your Short Reading Pleasure Whoa, there were more than 200 submissions this year, and while 16 of those made it into the paper, many a worthy story [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More Jeff Drew’s feature art from our 2005 contest was slightly risqué.
Hot Polling Action #11 Do You Support The Erection Of A Downtown Event Center And Arena? In this week’s Council Watch, Laura Sanchez evaluates a proposed 11,000-seat event center and arena. The development is intended for Broadway and Central, [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More “Does Dukes want a basketball team? Does he? Does he? Yes he does! Dukesy wooksy wants a basketball team!”
Do Conservatives Love Satan? Last week on The Stranger’s Slog, Adrian Ryan published some pretty compelling evidence in favor of clandestine satanic leanings among conservatives. Read Ryan’s [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 19, 2008 Read More What do Reverend Hagee and Anton LaVey have in common?
Hot Polling Action #10 “Alternative Radio” Host David Barsamian Considers America's Involvement With Iraq A War Crime. Do You Agree? Forthcoming in this week’s Talking Points, Simon McCormack interviews David Barsamian, host of left-leaning syndicated talk show, ” Alternative Radio.”* In the interview, [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 12, 2008 Read More Musket! Chain mail! War hammer! Pea shooter! Take that, Attorney General!
Food News Burque’s Newest Brewpub The frothiest new addition to Albuquerque takes the form of a brewery at 111 Marble NW at First Street. Marble Brewery, which opened [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More Daniel Jaramillo, Marble's head brewer, has been making beer in Albuquerque for more than 13 years. He worked as head brewer at such bygone local establishments as Rio Bravo, Bavarian Lager Cellar and Assets. "I really don't have a favorite beer," he says of his recipes. "It's usually the one in front of me." (Jessica Cassyle Carr)
A Compendium Of Beer Our Brief And Incomplete Summary Of The Wide World Of Beer Encompassing a wide variety of beer types like bitter, India Pale Ale (IPA) and Extra Special Bitter (ESB), pale ale tends to be [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More
Hot Polling Action #7 "Are You Going To Vote In The Primaries?" With New Mexico state primaries coming up on Tuesday, June 3rd, we want to know if you plan to participate in them. Participate [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ May 29, 2008 Read More Secretary of State Mary Herrera is not in charge of this poll.