Bear With Me: I, Fired A Small-Town Reporter Goes For Broke I’m a tumbleweed; you’re a micromanaging fascist.In a case of irony invading my life, I was fired from my newspaper job for writing.I [...] John Bear \ Jul 29, 2010 Read More ( greggoconnell )
Hail, Velocipede! Trail-A-Week: Biking The Paseo Del Bosque (North Half) Mmm, how about those gravid gray rain clouds lately? August, our wettest month, is nigh. When that musty creosote tang is in the [...] Betty Sprocket \ Jul 29, 2010 Read More
Odds & Ends: Vindictive Aliens, Zombie Crash, Fatwa On Pre-Digested Coffee, Letters To Cats Odds & Ends: Vindictive Aliens, Zombie Crash, Fatwa On Pre-Digested Coffee, Letters To Cats Dateline: Bosnia—A man living in the northern Bosnian village of Gornji Lajici says he’s being bombarded by vindictive space aliens and he’s fed [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 29, 2010 Read More
Letters: Progressives For Border Security, Luchador Cycling, Stieg Larsson Suxxor, Those Kids Are Fake, I Like The Arena Progressives For Border Security [Opinion, " This Ain’t No Girl Fight," July 15-21] As a progressive—and a "dreaded independent" inclined to vote for Susana Martinez—I question Gene [...] Alibi \ Jul 29, 2010 Read More
Newscity: Will The City’s Ice Agreement Impact Immigrant Victims Of Domestic Violence? Will The City’s Agreement With Ice Impact Immigrant Victims Of Domestic Violence? The city’s agreement allowing immigration agents into the Prisoner Transport Center Downtown may have unintended consequences for victims of domestic violence, advocates say.Everyone [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jul 29, 2010 Read More
The Sb 1070 Effect: Lawsuits, Protests, An Exodus Arizona’s stiff immigration law was scheduled to take effect on Thursday, July 29. As the day drew near, opponents were sweating, hoping a [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jul 29, 2010 Read More ( Jasoon )
The Secret School: A Teacher Struggles To Educate In Juárez A Teacher Struggles To Educate In Juárez, Where Extortion Is The Cost Of Doing Business A small paper sign posted near the door is all that signals there’s a school inside this small, yellowed house in south Juárez. [...] Patrick Lohmann \ Jul 22, 2010 Read More Around 100 people demonstrated in El Paso on July 10, pleading for peace in Juárez.
Hail, Velocipede! Trail-A-Week: Biking In The Foothills Open Space Dudes, I’m serious when I say "skinny tires." The velocipede between my legs is a single-speed street bike, so when someone suggested I [...] Betty Sprocket \ Jul 22, 2010 Read More (Betty Sprocket)
Odds & Ends: Death By Tomato Sauce, The Gassy Outback, Counterfeit Bail, Robbery Gone Wild, Jail Break Via Dumpster Ends In Death Odds & Ends: Death By Tomato Sauce, The Gassy Outback, Counterfeit Bail, Robbery Gone Wild, Jail Break Via Dumpster Ends In Death Dateline: India— Six factory workers were killed after they fell into a giant vat of tomato sauce and drowned in the Uttar Pradesh [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 22, 2010 Read More
Letters: Reactions To The Emcore Shooting, Alamogordo Chimpanzees, Ode To N.m. Alamogordo Chimpanzees Chimpanzees walk on two feet. They have hands, use tools and language, and have a complex society. They display intelligence and emotion. Yet [...] Alibi \ Jul 22, 2010 Read More
