The path to civility is not the easiest way, but it is possible
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The cutting of deals where all sides get something (but not everything) has become an art that seems to be as dead as Latin. Continue Reading
Don’t let Martinez politicize science education
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We should all work hard to make sure students learn science as it is, not how Martinez and Trump want it to be. Continue Reading
Remembering Pete Domenici
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My grandfather loved to tell me the story about a young Pete Domenici coming into my family’s drugstore. Continue Reading
An invitation to restore democracy in Doña Ana County
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Democracy only works when everyone participates. Continue Reading
Farewell to an extraordinary border journalist
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Marisela Ortega Lozano, who died earlier this month, is one of the unsung heroines of border journalism. Continue Reading
New Mexicans should be suspicious of secretary of state’s anti-privacy rulemaking
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Doug Nickle’s recent column is an example of Orwellian doublespeak at its best. Continue Reading
The God-awful mess made in New Mexico
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An atomic device equal to what was used on Japan was tested weeks earlier in New Mexico. Continue Reading
It is time for New Mexico elections to change
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In this year’s legislative session, important measures to remedy our broken elections were ignored and dismissed. Continue Reading
With chancellor decision, NMSU Regents charting course for future
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For the past three-plus years the Board has set clear directional priorities for the chancellor and has monitored performance against these priorities. Continue Reading
Memorialize the Confederacy, but don’t celebrate it
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Of course history should be remembered, studied, taught. A celebratory statue does not aid in this endeavor. Continue Reading
A proposal to protect Dreamers and other immigrants from deportation
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The REUNION Act would protect Dreamers, parents of Americans, and other undocumented individuals by creating a five-year statute of limitations on deportation. Continue Reading
Dire warnings from homeless about anti-panhandling proposal in ABQ
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While I understand there need to be some workable solutions to the panhandling issue, kicking the homeless issue out of town is not the answer. Continue Reading
Cautious optimism about Spaceport America
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In spite of the hope I found, the public shouldn’t trust the spaceport without financial transparency. I won’t. Continue Reading
Coming to terms with Santa Fe’s Entrada pageant
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Perhaps it is time to move forward with a different vision for Fiesta to free it from the painful ideological trappings of conquest and conversion. Continue Reading
Plan to eliminate Bosque State Park needs more scrutiny
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The community drove the effort to get the bosque park established. We deserve to be included in efforts to save it. Continue Reading