Darrell Allen

Immigration and why America is the destination, not China or Russia

Jul 2, 2021 | Opinion | 0 |

Christopher Columbus bumped into North America in 1492, an accident of history. The path to Asia...

Lessons we learn in kindergarten and the race for New Mexico’s Congressional District 1

May 14, 2021 | Opinion | 0 |

Lying, politely defined, is the act of saying things that are untrue. To say that the sun rises in...

A bicycle ride through Washington, DC, then and now

Feb 22, 2021 | Opinion | 0 |

Take a bike ride with me through Washington DC; it is the early 1990s, and we’ll start at...

Post-Election Etiquette: How to Speak with Your Democratic Friends

Dec 4, 2020 | Opinion | 0 |

If you have followed Merritt’s column here, you know she is skilled at managing cross-partisan...

Constitution 101: ‘It’s our republic now, if we can keep it’

Oct 30, 2020 | Opinion | 0 |

One of the lines of division between the two political tribes is how the Constitution should be...

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