Intolerable After 10 Years Of Problems, A New Report Reveals That Albuquerque’s Animal Shelters Are Still In Dire Need Of Improvement The word “intolerable” keeps echoing in Debbra Colman’s head. She stares at her plate, lost for a moment while she contemplates words—particularly one [...] Christie Chisholm \ Dec 28, 2006 Read More The new Humane Society report lists “many grave concerns about the quality of animal care with regard to proper cleaning, feeding, disease control, and housing.” (Christie Chisholm)
Odds & Ends Dateline: Ireland– Staff at the Mullingar Equestrian Centre in central Ireland were forced to postpone festivities after a wayward camel devoured 200 mince [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 21, 2006 Read More
Christmas Flu The Good News: It’s Contagious The young man emerged from the bushes behind the Diamond Shamrock station on Central Avenue. He shivered violently. The temperature hadn’t climbed out [...] Jim Scarantino \ Dec 21, 2006 Read More
Thin Line Barbara Walters is an Idiot– Barbara Walters, in what appears to be shameless pandering to the lowest common denominator, brought the viewing public [...] John Bear \ Dec 21, 2006 Read More
A Signal Apart Employee-Owned Station Breaks From Corporate Radio The first thing Ellie Garrett does when she wakes up is the first thing many people do—she turns on the radio. For Garrett, [...] Marisa Demarco \ Dec 21, 2006 Read More Ellie Garrett sits on the steps outside the unfinished studios of Indie 101.5 in Santa Fe’s rail yard. (Amy Dalness)
The Boy Who Saved Christmas Austin Foster Trumps War It’s easy to become cynical these days. No sooner had the voters spoken at the polls last month with force and clarity about [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Dec 21, 2006 Read More
Bureaucratic Boil Over [RE: Ortiz y Pino, “The Quest for Health Care Reform,” Dec. 14-20] If Jerry Ortiz y Pino thinks the current system under which [...] Alibi \ Dec 21, 2006 Read More
Yes, Ma'am! Yes, Ma'am! At the Dec. 4 meeting, councilors elected leaders for the coming year. District 2 Councilor Debbie O’Malley is the new president and District [...] Laura Sanchez \ Dec 14, 2006 Read More New Council President Debbie O’Malley sponsored two bills regulating the design, location and permits for big-box stores. (Evan Moore)
Odds & Ends Dateline: Tennessee– An American Airlines flight from Washington Reagan National Airport to Dallas/Fort Worth was grounded early last Monday due to severe flatulence. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 14, 2006 Read More (Eric J. Garcia)
On The Bright Side Industries Unite To Combat Greenhouse Gases It’s as close to a miracle as we’ve seen lately in the Land of Enchantment. Take 40 people from wildly different backgrounds and [...] Laura Sanchez \ Dec 14, 2006 Read More