Democrats For Life A New Voice In The Abortion Debate If you listen to the abortion debate long enough, you'll hear pro-lifers accuse opponents of being “pro-abortion.” The pro-choice side bristles, “We're not [...] Jim Scarantino \ Oct 20, 2005 Read More
A Painful Lesson A Big Error In Judgment Sank The Minimum Wage Hike Memo to supporters of raising the minimum wage: Instead of condemning the opposition for winning, get real about why you lost and at [...] Jim Scarantino \ Oct 13, 2005 Read More
The Upside Of Sleaze State Treasurers' Prosecution Is Good News The arrests of New Mexico State Treasurer Robert Vigil and his predecessor, Michael Montoya, brought a big smile to my face. Sure, news [...] Jim Scarantino \ Oct 06, 2005 Read More
Same Wolf, New Clothes? Unanswered Questions About Mayor Marty'S Money Machine “This could be the same old wolf in a new, improved merino wool coat,” former Albuquerque City Councilor Hess Yntema told me. He [...] Jim Scarantino \ Sep 29, 2005 Read More
Bin Laden'S Anniversary Party Toasting Bush'S Incompetence Osama Bin Laden just celebrated his fourth anniversary as the motivator of 19 men who murdered 3,000 Americans. Somewhere in the mountains of [...] Jim Scarantino \ Sep 22, 2005 Read More
Sally'S Rough Ride Republicans Scoff At Mayer'S Re-Election Bid What a difference four years makes. When Sally Mayer ran for Albuquerque's District 7 Council seat, hardly anyone in the area knew her. [...] Jim Scarantino \ Sep 15, 2005 Read More
Gobs O' Cash Money, Money, Money In The Mayor'S Race With this mayoral election, lil' Albuquerque has caught up to many larger cities. Maybe it's a rite of passage in graduating from “cow [...] Jim Scarantino \ Sep 08, 2005 Read More
Candles In The Night Mothers Challenge Bush'S War Dixie Prowell had never done anything like it before. Prowell, 58, an Albuquerque CPA, was moved by Cindy Sheehan's vigil outside President Bush's [...] Jim Scarantino \ Aug 25, 2005 Read More
Do Endangered Species Really Matter? A Supreme Court Shaped By Bush Will Want To Know What does a wolf matter? What difference would it make if we lost every silvery minnow, Chiricahua leopard frog, checkerspot butterfly, willow flycatcher [...] Jim Scarantino \ Aug 18, 2005 Read More
A Fool'S Errand America Should Have Heeded Opponents Of The Iraq War Before the war, we stood on Central, by the UNM bookstore, waving little signs. How could we see so clearly what was coming [...] Jim Scarantino \ Aug 11, 2005 Read More