AltWeeklies Wire
Will the Democrats Blow It in November?new
Lately I've been having one of those anxiety dreams, the same one over and over. I'm glued to my recliner on election night, unable to move my eyes from the screen. As the results are posted, the outcome becomes clearer and the unthinkable has happened: John McCain has won and the long, painful national catastrophe that is the Bush administration will assuredly spiral downward for at least another four years.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
07-01-2008 |
Commentary
Terrorism Wins the War?new
The decision by Congress not to override President Bush's veto of the bill outlawing waterboarding by our government and its agencies makes it unanimous: All three branches of our government have now weighed in on the subject and agree that torture is just fine ... as long as we are the torturers.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
04-01-2008 |
Commentary
Calling Obamanew
Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton: a tough choice for me, as each would make an excellent president. (Of course, compared with the current occupant of the White House, so would Mike, my barber, but I digress.) What swung me behind Obama, in the end, was the energy he seems able to ignite in a citizenry long afflicted with political ennui.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
02-12-2008 |
Commentary
Why Immigration May Not Be Such a Big Issue After Allnew
If the national press is to be believed, the failed efforts of the Bush administration to achieve any sort of immigration reform have left this nation in the grip of an immigration dilemma of crisis proportions. Yet if a recent Albuquerque town hall is any indication, the much-ballyhooed crisis will eventually turn out to be the most oversold worry since the Y2K computer calendar sneeze.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
11-20-2007 |
Commentary
General Petraeus' Anticlimaxnew
We already know the "situation" in Iraq -- we don't need yet another general spinning the truth, desperately trying to find some positive angle to highlight.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
09-11-2007 |
Commentary
Where Have All the Workers Gone?new
If the population burp represented by the baby boomer generation retires at the time they all become eligible for retirement, we will face a true shortfall in Americans of employable age, a shortage that could reach three million as soon as the year 2015.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
08-14-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
How Bill Richardson Could Win the Presidencynew
Apparently, many New Mexicans can't believe our guy is a serious contender for the presidency.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
04-17-2007 |
Commentary
What We Learned from Molly Ivins & Anna Nicole Smithnew
These two uppity Texas women shared a willingness to challenge convention, an attitude in such short supply today that we will miss both of them sorely.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
02-27-2007 |
Commentary
Lock 'Em Up?new
We should exercise common sense in our jail system.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
01-30-2007 |
Commentary
The Quest for Health Care Reformnew
How insurance companies control our heath care.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
12-20-2006 |
Commentary
No Exitnew
Will our troops ever come home?
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
12-05-2006 |
Commentary
The Border Mess We're Innew
Call it "Homeland Security" until you're blue in the face, but no terrorists are making the trek across the Chihuahuan wilds, just impoverished campesinos, some with whole families in tow.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
10-17-2006 |
Commentary
Wilson Wobblesnew
Patricia Madrid may have a fighting chance at beating Heather Wilson in New Mexico's First Congressional District.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
10-03-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect, mid-term elections
And Countingnew
Many of the victims of the Iraq War may ultimately turn out to be immigrants, since Bush's recent disastrous polling results have emboldened the lunatic fringe of the GOP to challenge him on immigration reform.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
04-11-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: war in iraq, illegal immigrant
