Music and the mountains: Why now?
I wandered into the village with no expectations. I had only barely heard of it and knew nothing. Bearded folks lounged along the only street….
Opinion
Dispatch New Mexico: Energy issues in the southeast
When it comes to energy production in New Mexico, there’s no place like the southeastern corner of the state. It’s not just the oil patch….
What is a Muslim? What is a man?
What is a Muslim? That is the underlying question of “Disgraced,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning play that just opened straight from Broadway at the Cell Theater…
Dispatch New Mexico: Americans and their vices
By Tom McDonald Today’s topic is sin. I’ll try not to get preachy about it. There’s a long list of habit-forming vices that Americans have…
Dispatch NM: Space exploration by way of New Mexico
Did you know that New Mexico has a “space trail”? It includes more than 50 specific locations around the state and spans the ages—from a…
No longer the mother of exiles?
By Wally Gordon Stories of individuals speak to our heart. Josef Stalin, who was vicious and crazy but not stupid, put it best: The death…
Question: Red or Green? Asked at the Old Mill Restaurant in Estancia.
Mountains of mystery
By Wally Gordon People don’t just disappear. I’ve heard that all my life. But sometimes they do. One day they were there, until they weren’t….
What do you think art is? Asked at Triangle Grocery in Cedar Crest.
Face to Face
What’s your favorite way to get exercise? Asked at Smith’s in Edgewood. Trudy Purpura, Edgewood A cardio workout. I guess you could say…