Odds & Ends Dateline: Japan– Officials at the Tama Zoo in Tokyo recently decided to try out a live safety drill, but the ridiculous scenario ended [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 08, 2007 Read More
Absolute Power In The Four Corners Region Of New Mexico, A Conflict Over Money, Power And Sovereign Rights Has Grown Ugly Like many of her Navajo neighbors in Burnham, N.M., Victoria Alba has no electricity or running water in her home. Yet, from her [...] Kate Trainor \ Mar 08, 2007 Read More Dr. John Fogarty stands next to an asthmatic patient's chest x-ray at the Santa Fe Indian Hospital. Fogarty, who has worked with the Native American population for the past 17 years, has come across a number of patients who suffer from asthma and other respiratory disease caused by power plant emissions. (Tina Larkin)
In A World Where Time Is Mutable ... That Mutability Will Indefinitely Cause Problems Within the institution of time-keeping, its manipulation in favor of daylight savings was originally suggested in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin in a cheeky [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Mar 08, 2007 Read More
System Overload So What Does It Take To Get Child Support In This State? Earlier this month, the Alibi ran an article that focused on a single child support case in New Mexico, the case of Jessica [...] Kate Trainor \ Mar 01, 2007 Read More Betina McCracken (left) and Katie Falls (Kate Trainor)
In The Year 2030 Ed Mazria Leads A New Generation Of Architecture Ed Mazria takes global warming seriously. The Santa Fe architect is taking carbon emissions so seriously he’s brought his fight to reduce carbon [...] Danny Hernandez \ Mar 01, 2007 Read More Ed Mazria has been an advocate for sustainable architecture for more than 30 years. (Courtesy of Mazria Inc.)
Thin Line John Bear Loses His Head– So I’m mad at the televison news again. It all started a couple weeks ago when my morbid [...] John Bear \ Mar 01, 2007 Read More
Odds & Ends Dateline: Serbia– A routine appendix operation in the Serbian capital of Belgrade turned into a knockdown, drag-out brawl after two surgeons abandoned a [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 01, 2007 Read More
Hold The Hillary Dems À La Mode I’m writing this at the Flying Star in Downtown Albuquerque. I came to get a slab of their awesome strawberry rhubarb pie and [...] Jim Scarantino \ Mar 01, 2007 Read More
Here Comes The Dessert Cart At the Feb. 21 meeting, Councilor Don Harris sponsored an extended moratorium on construction in Tijeras Arroyo and a bill authorizing a study [...] Laura Sanchez \ Mar 01, 2007 Read More Councilors Don Harris and Martin Heinrich sponsored a bill authorizing $8.9 million in industrial revenue bonds for Historic Hotels LLC to purchase and renovate La Posada. The bill passed unanimously. (Amanda Hügenkiss)
About Schmidly Unm's New President Has A Long Way To Go To Solve The University's Diversity Problems Before David Schmidly looms a large and daunting goal: solving UNM’s “diversity problems.” The new university president seems eager to take on the [...] Danny Hernandez \ Mar 01, 2007 Read More