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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...

Winning, Losing and Finishing

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Back in the 1970s, when dinosaurs roamed the land, I coached basketball in an inner-city league in Nashville, Tennessee.  Inspired by “The White Shadow” television...

Guest Opinion: N.M. is Leading Alright, On the Lists of the Bad Things

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Sometimes, we can’t express an editorial opinion better than another newspaper. The following appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday, March 3. All we can...

Feel-Good Tax Bill Has Much to Like But Stops Short of Solving Bigger Problems

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Legislators passed a pretty good tax package this year, but instead of responding thoughtfully to the big picture, they simply rolled together a bunch...

Legislature Says “No” to Prosperity (Again)

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As Sen. George Muñoz (D-Gallup) told the floor as debate over this year’s budget wrapped up. “You’re not a poor state. Quit telling other...

Lawmakers Help Small Hospitals But Medical Malpractice Lurks

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New Mexico’s strained rural hospitals finally got some love this year. Two bills sitting on the governor’s desk could go far in relieving financial...

They’re Tearing Down a Piece of My Childhood

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I learned recently that at the end of the school year, the powers that be where I grew up will retire a piece of...

There’s a Strange Disconnect

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The Ukrainian and Israeli wars are similar and yet also different conflicts — but in more ways than we can imagine. Ukraine was invaded by...

Limiting Lawbreakers is Still Lawbreaking

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The satirical Babylon Bee mocks the Senate immigration bill: “New Senate Anti-Murder Bill Caps Murders At 5,000 Per Day.” The point is that even if...

The Absurd Democratic Border Con

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In 2021, President Joe Biden opened wide an inherited, secure southern border that had finally stopped mass illegal immigration. When he overturned former President Donald...

A Better Way to Govern

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One of the most important bills this legislative session has tiptoed through the House with scant publicity and no controversy. House Bill 232, to create...
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