A Living Wage We support the ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in Albuquerque. As you know, we're not economists. But, to be sure, we [...] Alibi \ Sep 15, 2005 Read More
Voter Id Let's not mince words here. The Voter ID proposal that will be on the ballot on Oct. 4 is a straight-up political sham. [...] Alibi \ Sep 15, 2005 Read More
District 1 Miguel Gómez One of the most unfortunate aspects of modern American politics is that it often takes a bloody political brawl to get voters to [...] Alibi \ Sep 15, 2005 Read More
Campaign Financing In recent decades, fundraising in federal, state and municipal elections has ballooned to absurd proportions. Consequently, there's an increased and very real danger [...] Alibi \ Sep 15, 2005 Read More
Best Traditional Haiku A couple more Republican presidential administrations, and there won’t be any more nature worth haikuing about. So enjoy it while it lasts! Grand [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Sep 08, 2005 Read More
Best Albuquerque Haiku Albuquerque has a reputation for being a gritty, down and dirty sort of town — just the sort of town, in other words, [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Sep 08, 2005 Read More
Best Haiku About Why You Hate Your Job I suppose it’s to be expected that the only cheerful haiku we received in this category came from unemployed poets. Working can suck. [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Sep 08, 2005 Read More
Best Haiku About Fish Sticks What is it about the humble fish stick that’s capable of inspiring such a lyrical outpouring of insight into the human experience? Honestly, [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Sep 08, 2005 Read More
Best Haiku Using The Most Letters Of The Alphabet We got a lot of variations on the old “the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs” chestnut from high school typing [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Sep 08, 2005 Read More
Best Haiku About The War In Iraq I sure hope I’m wrong about this, but it looks like we’re in for a long bloody haul that will only result in [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Sep 08, 2005 Read More