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Next year can be the year real improvement is made in New Mexico public education if all of the stakeholders, including politicians, join hands to solve New Mexico’s education problems. Continue Reading
I face health challenges including cancer, which my government does not admit causing. I am a New Mexico downwinder. We are the children of the surprise nuclear attack upon New Mexico by our government. Continue Reading
While great evil exists both outside and inside our nation, it is much like every other year. There have been and will always be great danger. It does not look worse today than it did at other times in our country’s history. Continue Reading
This July 4th, we must think past fireworks and a day off with hot dogs and beer. We must consider what our founders would think of this unsustainable perversion of debt. Continue Reading
We do not have to wait until September for data on how our students are doing; we can have it every week. We are in the 21st Century, so New Mexico should use new short-cycle assessment tools to improve our students. Continue Reading
Pat Garrett was a real-life hero who was honored and respected, while Billy the Kid is a myth made up in the 1926 book by Walter Noble Burns. It is an insult to the Garrett family when people celebrate a myth and forget the real story. Continue Reading
Lately, some people I know have been arrested for what seem to be administrative rather than criminal offenses. I never want to see someone in handcuffs because they have weeds in their yard. Continue Reading
The wars on illegal drugs and terrorists have created a police state that requires Americans to be instantly obedient to authorities or be crushed by the full force of our government. Continue Reading
Many New Mexicans believe “pay for play” is our state motto. Nope, other states got that first. Ours is: “$howing $ufficient re$pect in the give-to-go Land of Enticement.” Continue Reading
Our nation’s founders worried that government without strong limitations could become as oppressive as King George III who inspired the American Revolution. Government today is arguably as oppressive as it was under King George. Continue Reading
It did not take me long to find myself in trouble. Thirty minutes into my first day in kindergarten the powers-that-be lost patience with me acting like a boy. So I was put in “time out.” Continue Reading
I hope each parent allows their children to consider the military. It is right for the children and our nation. Continue Reading
The blueprint of our downfall can be seen in the battle between Shell Oil and our Environmental Protection Agency involving billions of barrels of domestic oil. Continue Reading
What I will get in the end zone will be exactly what I put in my retirement fund. Why does that work for me and not public education in New Mexico? Continue Reading
So here is a deal: I borrow money from you and do not pay you back ever. Do you want to hear the details of this amazing offer? I take the money you give me without ever paying it back to you. Do we have a deal? Why not? Continue Reading