When resisting Trump, let’s all try to do better
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Our motto should always be, when they go low, we go high. Continue Reading
Feds created Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks monument at community’s request
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The suggestion that the feds imposed a national monument on Doña Ana County in an act of oppression turns history on its head. Continue Reading
NM should use lottery to fund math education
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The New Mexico Lottery, under the guise of raising money for education, preys upon math-challenged people. Continue Reading
We need the BLM to protect Otero Mesa
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Otero Mesa deserves to be protected. We’re looking to the BLM to help make that happen. Continue Reading
University fundraising orgs need transparency, public scrutiny
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There’s endless potential for abuse and corruption in our public universities’ secretive nonprofit fundraising foundations, as the University of New Mexico community is discovering. Continue Reading
Long-term change requires talking about patriarchy, colonization and structural racism
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These topics are seldom at the heart, or even at the margins, of mainstream political discourse. They should be. Continue Reading
The ripple effects of the president’s budget cuts
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COMMENTARY: The harmful effects will ripple into every small business in your community. Continue Reading
Politician’s callous comment doesn’t match with people’s experiences
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People have been dying through lack of access to health care, and it doesn’t look like the situation is going to get any better. Continue Reading
Unanswered questions about the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument
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In the run-up to the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks declaration under the Antiquities Act, a number of critical questions were ignored and otherwise deflected. Continue Reading
An ethics commission? Not quite.
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The Legislature has ample time and opportunity to let the people of New Mexico know what powers, duties and scope they intend to give the commission before we enter the voting booth in November 2018. Continue Reading
More questions about Hobbs city manager’s cash payouts for paid time off
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Why the dramatic drop in the payout to the city manager? It seems the Office of the State Auditor might have an answer. Continue Reading
A funny thing happened in line
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Seriously, when standing in any line to pay bills, get loans, buy stamps, ask simple questions, ask hard questions, ask unanswerable questions — whatever you are doing in lines, take your humor with you. Continue Reading
Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument was decades in the making
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The monument has long enjoyed support from diverse voices across New Mexico and our nation and is the result of years of debate and compromise. Continue Reading
What are the ethical standards for our new county commissioners?
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The new Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners is being perceived as indebted to special interests. This has undermined public trust in the county commission. Continue Reading
Of course government can and should help all children
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All children can thrive, if given the help they need. I’d like to see us choose to help. Continue Reading