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War Veterans Join the Public Debate over Monuments

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On Indigenous Peoples Day 2020 in broad daylight, a mob of vandals tore down the 154-year-old Soldier’s Monument in the center of Santa Fe...

Easter is the Ultimate Desire to Take a Leap of Faith

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Soren Kierkegaard coined the phrase, “leap of faith” to describe the necessary step when defining happiness and the meaning of life. The Dutch philosopher...

Do You Ever Feel Like the Government Is Disconnected From the People?

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By Jim Townsend State Representative District 54 During the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln described the fundamental principle of our representative republic as being...

Nine stealth city elections

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Nine municipal governments around New Mexico held local elections a couple of weeks ago. If you didn’t know anything about this, you’re in good...

Human Costs Grow As Ukraine-Russia Stalemate Continues

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Ukraine has ossified into something like the modern version of the horrific Battle of Verdun, fought 108 years ago on the 1916 Western Front...

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...
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