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The smell of mendacity

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“What’s that smell in this room? Didn’t you notice it, B rick? Didn’t you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this...

Remembering Linda Davis, best cowboy on the place

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If ranchers had royalty, Linda Davis would have worn a crown. She grew up on legendary ranches in northeastern New Mexico, began riding a...

This election year, remember that the U.S. and its people are more surprising than you think

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Work took me to the Bay Area twice this month. It is one of my favorite places on Earth after the three years we...

Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes

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I have had five thoughts competing in my mind over the last week. First, there was the recent passing of a lovely soul, Ascension Martinez...

Feds, State Fund Wildland Fire Management, Firefighters and Smokey Bear

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Drought maps colored in cheerful red, orange and gold are anything but cheerful in their meaning. They confirm what ranchers already know, that it’s...

Sen. Katie Britt Is Not Ready For Prime Time

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Mary Sanchez Tribune Content Agency Let’s take a seat around the kitchen table of Alabama Sen. Katie Britt. After all, she just invited the nation to...

Surviving the Election Year Without Hating Each Other

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SANTA ROSA, N.M. — The biggest challenge to this election year will not be deciding between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.  Ninety percent of us...

The Red/Green Agenda

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I am not writing about chili. My subject is China’s influence on our society and the unsettled issues of climate change and its effect...

Dock Their Pay if the Government Shuts Down

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When the government shuts down the people responsible continue to receive their pay because they are considered “essential.” These include the president and members...

Ukraine Can Prevail in this David and Goliath Fight

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​As we enter the third year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, House Speaker Mike Johnson and congressional Republicans are dithering on aid as if...

Liberty Only Works When It’s Harnessed to Self-Management

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Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone So goes a signature line from singer-writer Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow...

New Mexico On My Mind

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Albuquerque entered my world 41 years ago this spring. It was 1983 and I was a directionless student at the University of Georgia in...
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