Brainiacs Crush Colorado Trivia Gurus Reign Victorious In The Geek Bowl They went up against 60 teams from all across Colorado, but when the final bell sounded, Coldcock!!! delivered the knockout blow.The six-person trivia [...] Simon McCormack \ Feb 05, 2009 Read More Coldcock!!! teammates (from left) Robert Pacheco, Miguel Ruiz, Jason Zuffranieri, Nick Ganjei, Ruben Pacheco and Sara Lehmann (Geeks Who Drink LLC)
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends Dateline: Australia— According to Queensland’s Courier Mail , an Irish carpenter on a working holiday in Australia pleaded guilty to a bizarre string [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 05, 2009 Read More
Why The Journal Should Stop Spouting Right-Wing Drivel When the Albuquerque Tribune folded in 2008, some said it was simply part of a growing trend in American journalism; the decline of [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Feb 05, 2009 Read More
Streetcar: Obama’s Gift To Nob Hill Streetcar: Obama's Gift To Nob Hill? David Liotta is the only member of the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association’s board who does not like the idea of a modern streetcar [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 05, 2009 Read More
The End Of The Death Penalty? A Bill To Repeal Capital Punishment In New Mexico Breathes New Life Into A Fierce Debate In 2005 and 2007, Gail Chasey’s legislation suffered stinging defeats.The Democratic representative from Albuquerque saw her bill to end capital punishment languish in [...] Simon McCormack \ Jan 29, 2009 Read More "I'll tell you now; we have the votes this year in the Senate.”—Rep. Gail Chasey
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends Dateline: England— Tracey Fox of Thornley, County Durham, used her own body as a barricade to keep a repairman inside her laundry room [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 29, 2009 Read More
Council Watch: And ... Fight! Council Watch: And ... Fight! Sometimes the most interesting happenings at Albuquerque City Council meetings are not on the agenda. This was certainly the case at the Wednesday, [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 29, 2009 Read More
Can You Disprove The Unprovable? Skepticism, Hume And The Burden Of Proof In his 1748 essay “Of Miracles,” philosopher David Hume advised, “A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.” That is, how certain [...] Benjamin Radford \ Jan 29, 2009 Read More
Letters War And Peace It’s always interesting when so-called people of faith express political views contrary to their religious mythology. The recent tempest created by Albuquerque City [...] Alibi \ Jan 29, 2009 Read More
Hundreds Protest Cuts To City Programs The Sounds Of The Budget Crunch More than 250 people descended on City Hall Monday, Jan. 26, to let councilors know where the Albuquerque’s dollars should go. And they [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 29, 2009 Read More