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The smell of mendacity

Columnists
“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

Columnists
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

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

Peñasco Wins First Championship

Editorials
C ongratulations to the Peñasco Lady Panthers. The 2024 Class 2A Girls Basketball State Champions. It’s their first ever and well earned.  The Panthers are fun...

Nine stealth city elections

Columnists
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...

Everyone Eligible Should Exercise Their Right to Vote

Editorials
Last week in Española we did not experience voter apathy. We had voter abandonment. A total of 664 ballots were cast out of 10,187 registered...

Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes

Columnists
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...

Sen. Katie Britt Is Not Ready For Prime Time

Columnists
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...

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

Columnists
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...

Surviving the Election Year Without Hating Each Other

Columnists
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

Columnists
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...

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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