Domestic violence response, party packs and the hidden strength of Charter Bank.

At last: The long-delayed, ambivalently anticipated, Viggo Mortensen-intensive adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, about a man and his young son wandering through a glumly gritty post-apocalyptic world, opens in Santa Fe. And just in time to kick off the holiday season!

A selection of "greatest hits" quotes from the year in interviews.

 Basketball rankings, shopping locally, lethal water, lethal water rates, space flight, interlocks and legislative hair pulling.

Overheard at the Mine Shaft and at Del Charro

Closing the loophole on corporate tax income could change the economic landscape of New Mexico. So what are we waiting for?

Clyde James Aragon is an Albuquerque humor writer whose work has appeared in national magazines, as well as many Southwestern newspapers and magazines. Here, he tackles "How to finally get rich from writing..."

Having honed his directing skills this long, Eastwood is probably incapable of making a completely terrible movie—although he can certainly make a boring one.  Invictus is not a standard sports movie, but it is not much more subtle than a standard sports movie.

SFR has reported how the recession has come with an increase in domestic violence cases, many unusually brutal. Now, the down economy threatens to wipe out any progress that’s been made in reforming police and court procedures. 

 For people, years spent in Santa Fe are a mark of authority—and oft-cited when it comes to the issue of where dogs are allowed. Take City of Santa Fe Animal Services Manager Pat Alano: “I’ve been here 18 years and, in 18 years, I know dogs have never been allowed in restaurants,” he says. (That’s 126 years in dog years, for the record.)