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Showing Love In Many Ways

The other day, I got into my van after a long day at work. I put on my seatbelt and took a dramatic deep...

Vocational Education Bill Off and Running

Trades, especially the construction trades, have been saying for years that they need more workers. Community colleges and unions are doing their best to...

Honesty No Longer the Best Policy

SANTA ROSA, N.M. — For just a moment, until the bottom of this column, let’s deviate from modern times and actually be honest about...

It’s that time of the legislative session

For the past quarter century, my journalism has mostly revolved around statehouses. I feel old just saying this out loud.   But age comes with perspective. So,...

New Mexico’s Left Comes for Oil and Gas

In recent years the “left” including most, but not all in the Democratic Party have turned sharply against traditional energy sources. Despite New Mexico’s...

Go Forth And Make Mistakes, But Always Keep Shooting for the Stars

We started a new adventure this week. We opened a new Española business — a restaurant Apple Valley Kitchen — to be exact.  With...

Advocates: Child Welfare Crisis is Not a Priority

It was a rough week for CYFD. Already in the hot seat before exasperated legislators, the Children, Youth and Families Department was in the...

Wedge Issues for New Mexicans

SANTA ROSA, N.M. — As this year’s legislative session gets underway, there’s one wedge issue already getting lots of attention. Rest assured that any...

HB133 is Not Small Business Friendly

    New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and her political appointees in the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department announced last summer...

The Hysterical Style in American Politics

The post-Joe McCarthy era and the candidacy of Barry Goldwater once prompted liberal political scientist Richard Hofstadter to chronicle a supposedly long-standing right-wing “paranoid...

It’s Up to Voters to Clean Up Rio Arriba County

Waste again. The recent dismissal of perjury indictments against County Commission Board Chair Alex Naranjo and Rio Arriba County Manager Tomas Campos is yet another...

Putting a Wedge in the Revolving Door of Justice

Devin Munford should have stayed in jail. He was a repeat offender, arrested for shooting from a vehicle with a stolen gun. The prosecutor...

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