by Johnny D. Boggs | May 31, 2009 | Travel & Preservation
The video about Anne Frank was over— part of a special exhibit at Bosque Redondo Memorial in Fort Sumner, New Mexico—when my son told me, “Those Nazis were really mean.” I agreed. “Are they going to come to New Mexico?” “No,” I told him. “But the next time you talk to...
by Vince Murray | May 30, 2009 | True Westerners
The problem with Arizona is most of the people who live here are from somewhere else. They don’t feel connected to the place and compare what we have to what they had “back home.” They try to make Arizona more like the Midwest, New England or California. Then two...
by Johnny D. Boggs | May 26, 2009 | Art, Guns and Culture
George Motz, author of Hamburger America, and Bobcat Bite are all about red meat. I met up with Motz at the Bobcat Bite in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Heck, this is the restaurant that inspired Motz to write his “State-by-State Guide to 100 Great Burger Joints” and likely...
by Johnny D. Boggs | May 1, 2009 | Art, Guns and Culture
Two decades ago, my fellow reporters and I were sitting in the Dallas Times Herald offices–or maybe we were in a sleazy bar near the newsroom–debating the casting of the forthcoming miniseries Lonesome Dove. Nobody had any problem with Robert Duvall. “But...
by Ann Terry Hill | May 1, 2009 | Art, Guns and Culture
Traditional Country and Western singer Joni Harms and Pendleton Woolen Mills share many traits in common. Both trace their Oregon heritage back at least 100 years. Both are known world-wide. Both have strong bonds with American Indians. And both strive for ultimate...