Independent redistricting! Sort of.
2021 was to be the year that New Mexico would finally break free from decades of gerrymandering....
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Facts vs. Analysis vs. Fauci
600,000 dead Americans later, right-wing commentators are furious. Because it was all for nothing....
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Our dilemma as Republicans: Everything
This summer, Matt Gaetz remains a rising star in the GOP House caucus while Liz Cheney sits in the...
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Memorial Day 2021: Why we serve
Some things remain stubbornly the same every Memorial Day weekend: obligatory cookouts; carte...
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It’s time to write the Constitution for the Digital Revolution
This month’s ransomware hack of the Colonial Pipeline has motivated Congress to push forward more...
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My wish for Democrats and Republicans in Congress: Do no harm
A friend of mine recent posted the following query in social media earlier this week: What are...
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Decades later, we are still smarting from the digital revolution
Managing information stored in bytes instead of on paper is something we should know how to do by...
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Looking for solutions and ideas from the Republican Party
In April 2021, New Mexico is tired. We are tired of Covid, of restrictions, of divisiveness, of...
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Ending our 20-year war in Afghanistan
This week, President Biden announced the end of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, setting a...
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Why the next host of TV game show Jeopardy! matters to this former contestant
It’s always amusing to see how and where social media posts take off. I’ve posted three this week:...
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Powerful Politicians Getting it Wrong, Part II
Male politicians being jerks can’t seem to stay out of the news. Our state Legislature ended on a...
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Women’s History Month in the New Mexico Legislature
The end of the 2021 legislative session saw some pretty spectacular Hail Mary passes in its final...
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Legislature 2021: More booze in restaurants, yes. Legal pot? Maybe
As I approach my Thursday night deadline, the 2021 legislative session has less than 48 hours...
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Will 2021 mark the end of Republican conservatism? A Republican wants to know
This week, we see the massive third stimulus passed and signed by President Biden, and another...
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America maintains offices for the press in the Pentagon. And that is really awesome.
I settled down to watch 60 Minutes this Sunday before dinner as usual and found myself swept up in...
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What do white people do during Black History Month?
Over the years, I have done a lot of Black History Month event planning. That’s because I have...
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Working on passing House Bill 211: fair redistricting for New Mexico
It might seem easy to sit back and opine about the sad state of political affairs week after week....
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Back to the classroom: you’re on your own!
In her 2021 State of the State address, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham lobbed quite a news grenade:...
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Walking the walk on ending our reliance on the extractive industry in New Mexico
As a resident of a state that possesses mineral, oil and gas resources, and a member of modern...
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Nation building lessons from Saint Augustine in The City of God
“The peace of all things is the tranquillity of order.” – Augustine of Hippo, The City of God I...
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