Election 2012: Dark Money Outspends Super Pacs Two conservative nonprofits, Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity, have poured almost $60 million into TV ads to influence the presidential race so [...] Kim Barker ProPublica \ Aug 23, 2012 Read More (Jeff Drew jeffdrewpictures.com)
Letters: Ryan’s Uterites; Capitalist Success; Walmart Love; A Laura Fan Ryan’s Uterus Paul Ryan proves he scorns women as human beings every day. He hates them for their uteruses and for having minds. Although he [...] Alibi \ Aug 23, 2012 Read More
Walmart On The Rio Grande On a summer evening in the Bosque of the Rio Grande Valley State Park, a symphony of insects buzz. Frogs croak intermittently. Lizards [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Aug 16, 2012 Read More
Occupy The Alibi: La Lucha, Unida Mexican Peace Movement Crosses The Border Javier Sicilia will not write a poem about his visit to Albuquerque.The poet will not write a poem about the caravan that brings [...] Andrew Beale \ Aug 16, 2012 Read More
Odds & Ends: Fuzzy Glasses, Cruiser Crusher, Crisco Partier, Er Beer Run Odds & Ends: Fuzzy Glasses, Cruiser Crusher, Crisco Partier, Er Beer Run Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem have a new weapon in the war against temptation: fuzzy glasses. Fundamentalist Haredi, who interpret Jewish law to forbid [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 16, 2012 Read More
Letters: Primary Cage Fight, Tax Transparency, Olympic Imperialism, Gun Rhetoric Primary Cage Fight Forget the truth. Forget morality.Was Thomas Jefferson really an infidel and a drunken anarchist? His political opponents thought so, and they said as [...] Alibi \ Aug 16, 2012 Read More
Election 2012: Who’s Giving Money To The State’s Pacs? State Pac Contributions Show Deep Partisan Fissures The heat we’ve experienced this year will persist long into the fall—and not only in the climatic sense. In the spring primary election [...] Margaret Wright \ Aug 16, 2012 Read More
Odds & Ends: The Last Teddy Bear, Anabolic Beer, Potato Peeler Thief, Bikini Parade Fail Odds & Ends: The Last Teddy Bear, Anabolic Beer, Potato Peeler Thief, Bikini Parade Fail After weeks of strenuous denial, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko—often referred to as Europe’s “last dictator”—admitted that his nation was, in fact, invaded by [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 09, 2012 Read More
Pac Manual: Chasing The Big-Money Phantoms Chasing The Big-Money Phantoms In New Mexico When the Supreme Court ruled that money is protected speech two and a half years ago, it gave rise nationally to super political [...] Marisa Demarco \ Aug 09, 2012 Read More
Letters: The American God, Health Care Piranhas, Red Ink, Ladies, Christians, Stand Your Ground, Money The American God I like July Fourth. It is the one day that I honor that which is truly American. Like many of us, I party [...] Alibi \ Aug 09, 2012 Read More