Screenwriter, novelist, Spanish mustang conservator and part-time Tucsonan John Fusco’s latest movie, Hidalgo, has been dogged by controversy since before its release. The debate over whether its tale ...

Apparently, the "legendary" Frank T. Hopkins -- subject of the "based on a true story" horse opera "Hidalgo" -- is second cousin to that tall-tale-spinner Pecos Bill and about as authentic a Western ...