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Analysis: DeSantis Resets Campaign to Focus on Iowa, National Policies, Trump

There was a time when the polling gap between Ron DeSantis and the rest of the field was far wider than the one separating...

Confronting Criminals A Possible Deterrent

Some years ago, during a crime wave like the one we now seem to be experiencing, a bumper sticker appeared that said “Fight Crime...

Two Sets of Laws for Two Americas

Two sets of laws now operate in an increasingly unrecognizable America. Consider the matter of unlawfully removing and storing classified papers. Donald Trump may go to...

Art Imitates Local Politics

Intrigue, love, death, political favors and henchmen all conspire to make great opera. Unimaginable storylines, plot twists and turns are the stuff of any...

Fixing NM’s Dangerous Roads

Wherever you live in the state, you’re probably convinced you have the worst roads. But southeastern New Mexico has, hands down, the state’s lousiest...

Governance Divides Us

Wow, where to start? The World Health Organization (WHO) announced it is planning to adopt the European COVID-19 digital health passport model which they...

Does Pride Goeth Before the Fall?

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? We have all heard this fairytale recipe for disaster before. Pride and...

California Hastening its Own Demise as Residents Flee

The state of California, once a place where people moved to find beauty, prosperity, and great weather (earthquakes and fires aside), is rapidly becoming...

Lawmakers Relieve Educational Assistants But Not College Adjunct Faculty

In a year with lots of money to spend, legislators tried to lift up two long-neglected groups of educators – educational assistants in schools...

NM Politicians Can’t Squander Surplus Opportunity

With $3.6 billion at its disposal the New Mexico Legislature had the chance of the century (and possibly the last century) to enact sweeping...

American Preeminence No Guarantee in Age of Dysfunction

When Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the Byzantine Empire and its capital had up to that point survived...

How the Language is Shifting on Abortion

“A person’s a person, no matter how small.” The great humanitarian, cartoonist and children’s author Dr. Suess scripted out a few phrases of wisdom on...

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