War And Peace Sissies Never Get Elected To Office--But They May Be The Only Ones Who Can Save Us Moshe Dayan, the former Israeli defense minister, once said, “If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends, you talk to your [...] Eric Griego \ Jan 25, 2007 Read More
Payday On The Floor Regulations For Payday, Car Title And Tax Refund Loans Are Back In The Legislative Session Sen. Bernadette Sánchez is serious about payday lending regulations. So serious, she killed a bill in the Senate in last year’s session because [...] Amy Dalness \ Jan 25, 2007 Read More
Lock ’Em Up? Why We Should Exercise Common Sense In Our Jail System I recently toured the still almost-new Bernalillo County Detention Center (BCDC). It was opened about three years ago and this year saw a [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Jan 25, 2007 Read More
A Broken Woman Breaks The Law Here ya go, AlbuquerqueSpend the $103 I just paid youOn repairing your countless potholesOr maybe you could put it towardBuilding some kind of [...] Alibi \ Jan 25, 2007 Read More
Odds & Ends Dateline: England– A woman admitted to a hospital for treatment of a severe migraine had her stay extended when a television fell off [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 25, 2007 Read More
Thin Line A Soldier’s Words– Television news usually cuts to the talking heads whenever our leader lets us know just how he is going to [...] John Bear \ Jan 25, 2007 Read More
Red Alert! Peaceful, Anti-War Activism May Result In Prison Sentences For Nine New Mexicans After They Tried To Make Love, Not War, With Sen. Pete Domenici The Department of Homeland Security has identified a new threat to our nation: a group of nine New Mexicans that includes a Jesuit [...] Kate Trainor \ Jan 25, 2007 Read More
Thin Line Saddam Who?– Saddam Hussein went to hell–or whatever afterlife awaits deposed dictators–on Dec. 30 in a widely publicized, and poorly conducted, execution.I say [...] John Bear \ Jan 18, 2007 Read More
Odds & Ends Dateline: China– The People’s Republic of China is celebrating the Year of the Pig by releasing a stamp that tastes like sweet and [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 18, 2007 Read More
Bush As Big Brother The Aclu Says Bush’s Real Id Act Is Really Bad News In Washington, George W. Bush wants to party like it’s 1984. Meanwhile, the ghost of George Orwell taunts us from the grave: I [...] Kate Trainor \ Jan 18, 2007 Read More