Answer Me This Who was one Albuquerque homeowner trying to scare off with his shotgun? The Senate killed the domestic partnership bill, but what would it [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 14, 2008 Read More
Don: Mighty As Apple Pie Thank you for running Beth Moore-Love’s fascinating and thought-provoking letter in last week’s issue [“Temporary Insanity,” Feb. 7-13]. The vast majority of the [...] Alibi \ Feb 14, 2008 Read More
Convincing Yourself—And Others—You Talk To The Dead [Extended Web Version] On Jan. 31, 2008, I woke up bleary-eyed. My beauty sleep had already been interrupted several hours earlier by my aborted appearance on [...] Benjamin Radford \ Feb 14, 2008 Read More
Odds & Ends Dateline: England– A British businessman is offering motorists the opportunity to get even with England’s much-hated speed cameras–by running over them in a [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 14, 2008 Read More (Eric J. Garcia)
Warp Speed The snowflakes came down fast, Council President Brad Winter talked even faster, and city councilors cleared the Feb. 4 agenda in two hours, [...] Laura Sanchez \ Feb 14, 2008 Read More
Convincing Yourself—And Others—You Talk To The Dead On Jan. 31, I woke up to hear a man named Robert Baca on the 94 Rock Morning Show claiming to talk to [...] Benjamin Radford \ Feb 14, 2008 Read More (Eric J. Garcia)
Keeping The Faith—In Science New Mexicans For Science And Reasoning Sports A Long List Of Foes New Mexicans for Science and Reasoning racks up enemies. The group’s infuriated creationists, ticked off psychics and has alien believers convinced it’s part [...] Simon McCormack \ Feb 14, 2008 Read More NMSR’s Dave Thomas, left and M. KimJohnson make with the science gab during their radio show on Air America's 1350 KABQ. (Tina Larkin)
Therapy Dogs A Heartening Dose Of Four-Legged Medicine Quince pushes his wet nose into a patient’s room at Albuquerque’s Heart Hospital. Valerie Peyton is on her back recovering from a heart [...] Jim Scarantino \ Feb 07, 2008 Read More
Odds & Ends Dateline: Croatia– Hundreds of Croatians painted themselves blue and wore silly white hats in an attempt to break the world record for dressing [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 07, 2008 Read More (Eric J. Garcia)
Got A Light? Businesses Open Cigar Bars To Allow Smoking Patrons Indoors. But Is It Legal? At least one bar is trying a new tactic to bring its smoking customers out of the cold. Billy’s Long Bar converted one [...] Simon McCormack \ Feb 07, 2008 Read More (Tina Larkin)
