Session balances budget, but just barely
Lawmakers are returning to Santa Fe on Tuesday, May 30, two days before my filing deadline for...
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Borehole drilling hits grassroots opposition
There’s an issue rising to the surface in New Mexico, over some boreholes the Department of Energy...
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Underachieving session shows ineffective governor
A few weeks back, in the depths of New Mexico’s legislative session, I wrote that the governor and...
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A primer on politics and government
Gather ‘round, young’uns, for a lesson in politics and government. Now is a good time, since our...
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Going down to the legislative wire
Hold on to your hat, we’re closing in on the final couple of weeks of this 2017 New Mexico...
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Hamilton, the man and the musical, worthy of the hype
Alexander Hamilton was a great American. How do I know? Hip-hop, baby! I haven’t felt this cool in...
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Could this be the year for capital reform?
Buried inside nearly a thousand proposals introduced so far this legislative session is a measure...
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Tale of two universities and their protests
Before Berkeley, there was University of New Mexico. Same scheduled speaker, very different...
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Making a newspaper kind of living
Since we’re now entering the dubious era of President Donald Trump, and since my profession is now...
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Donald Trump’s unpopular inauguration
Forget the honeymoon, Donald Trump is already unpopular. According to Gallup in a poll taken in...
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Dispatch New Mexico: Legislative session promises to be lively
Lock up your cash, bar the doors and hide the booze: The Legislature is about to come to order....
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Stories in small town newspapers say a lot
Every weekend, I (or a proxy, if I want the weekend off) go through well over a dozen New Mexico...
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Dictionary and other definitions for our time
Let’s define some terms, by definition and contemporary implication. With each word or phrase,...
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Kids’ lessons learned from Trump’s rise to power
Let’s talk about the kids in the aftermath of this presidential election. Little people have big...
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Winning, losing and finishing
Back in my 20s, when dinosaurs roamed the land, I coached basketball in an inner-city league in...
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Dispatch New Mexico: Southeast NM and this year’s election tumult
The Republican Party rules the roost here in southeastern New Mexico. Donald Trump for president,...
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Trump is television’s moneymaker
Television created him. Now it’s being left to newspapers to rein him in. I’m talking about Donald...
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Dispatch New Mexico: An inky wretch at the press convention
Sometimes I wonder why the hell I stick with the newspaper business. The pay’s lousy, the hours...
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The death penalty as a political football
Any day now, if she hasn’t already, Gov. Susana Martinez will call lawmakers to Santa Fe for a...
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Truth is a casualty in Trump’s bid for election
Take a deep breath, I tell myself, it’s only campaign hyperbole. We’ve witnessed election-year...
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