Where The Wild Things Aren't Howling For Wolves In Albuquerque During “Wolf Awareness Week” you could ride a bicycle through a gigantic balloon of a red and white wolf. If you entered at [...] Jim Scarantino \ Oct 25, 2007 Read More
A Cyclist Died Here Remembering The Fallen Old Route 66 through Tijeras Canyon runs straight at mile marker 5. There are plenty of inherently dangerous places to ride a bicycle [...] Jim Scarantino \ Oct 11, 2007 Read More
Déjà Vu Not All Over Again City Hall Tackles Police Misconduct Against Peace Protesters The eyewitness and news accounts of police misconduct against peace demonstrators on Sept. 15 triggered vivid flashbacks of police misconduct during the early [...] Jim Scarantino \ Sep 27, 2007 Read More
Pathetic Democrats The Paper Trained Party Quick. State the position of the Democratic Party on the Iraq War. Where do they stand on attacking Iran?If you’re stumped, don’t beat [...] Jim Scarantino \ Sep 13, 2007 Read More
Kids Feeding Kids Rebuilding Chimayo “This was a dark, evil place when we started,” Suellen Strale says. Her SUV shudders across a crude wooden bridge spanning the Rio [...] Jim Scarantino \ Sep 06, 2007 Read More From left to right, Jennie Martinez, Bernardo Martinez and Mai Quintana tend to a garden in the Corps greenhouse. (Jim Scarantino)
Rediscovering Albuquerque On Two Wheels What I Did With My Summer Vacation Albuquerque looks strikingly different from the seat of a bicycle.Here’s the view from my car: The brake lights in front keep flashing as [...] Jim Scarantino \ Aug 30, 2007 Read More
The Southern Star A Conversation With Heath Haussamen, New Mexico’s Online Political Journalist Albuquerque does not look southward enough. It frequently takes an intrastate college sports rivalry or a flamboyant British billionaire promoting space travel to [...] Jim Scarantino \ Aug 30, 2007 Read More Heath Haussamen
Albuquerque's Right-Wing Death Squads Confronting Our City’s Criminal Street Gangs According to the Albuquerque Police Department, our city has 7,800 “ranked in” members of some 200 criminal street gangs. That doesn’t include taggers, [...] Jim Scarantino \ Aug 16, 2007 Read More
Rock Star Farming South Valley Academy’s Dragon Farm Takes Root “It’s a challenging place. We have a tough curriculum,” says Richard Brandt of the South Valley Academy charter school.The backbreaking work underway on [...] Jim Scarantino \ Aug 02, 2007 Read More Richard Brandt (left) and 15-year-old Miguel Martinez pull vegetables on Dragon Farm. (Xavier Mascareñas)
Chimps Are Cool! Never Mind Those Kids In The Gutter A failed prosecution for animal cruelty has riled the ruling class. Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez, former Gov. David Cargo, former Attorney General Patricia [...] Jim Scarantino \ Aug 02, 2007 Read More
