Disaster planning before or after the nuclear explosion
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After the nuclear flash is the wrong time to start planning. We need continuous real planning so we have no more disasters like New Orleans and Haiti. Continue Reading
Our nation is on the verge of writing bad checks
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Our kids and grandkids will have significantly fewer resources, and most of their lives will be spent dealing with the financial structural flaws of debt we foisted upon them. I wonder if they will even realize that we knew we were doing this to them but did so anyway? Continue Reading
Mistaking our current conflict for a real war
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My criticism is not of our military; it is of our political leaders, who are to blame. We need to speak with one voice to our political leaders to impress upon them that our country needs to have concrete military goals that have an endgame, or we must pull the troops out now. Continue Reading
2009 was a really weird year
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It was Will Rogers who said, “Last year we said, ‘Things can’t go on like this,’ and they didn’t, they got worse.” 2009 was a weird year. I imagine an even weirder year coming. Stay tuned. Continue Reading
The majority of Americans overruled by a minority
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This nation, for better or worse, is reflective of the majority letting a minority dictate to them how the nation is to be run and what the identity of the nation will be. This is easy to see, since Christian ideals are being removed from our society bit by bit. Continue Reading
Eldrick Tont: The lesson he can teach us
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Some people would jump at the chance to change places with Eldrick Tont, but I would not. He has had his last nice moment in the public. Yes, he may win more glory in golf, but from now on everything will be written with an asterisks: He cheated on his wife so he probably cheats at golf. Continue Reading
When they really enjoy the very best fatalities
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Even after thousands of years of human intellectual advancement, the same blood lust central to the society that enjoyed going to the Roman Coliseum to watch gladiators kill each other is alive and well in our own society. Continue Reading
Christmas or not? Let our leaders vote
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Our country needs to resolve this issue: Is it the Christmas holiday or winter holiday?” Can federal and state employees say, “Merry Christmas” and put up Christmas trees on public property? As important: Can federal and state employees decide not to say “Merry Christmas” or put up Christmas trees? Continue Reading
Being the healthiest corpse the mortician has seen
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I hate to be on the side of gluttony and slothfulness, but I believe having government minders deciding what is best for each of us is wrong. We have the right of self-destiny even when making mistakes. We have the right to be fat, dumb and happy. Continue Reading
A better plan for when the budget gets tough
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Letting the engine of prosperity work may be all that is standing between having to slash state jobs and raise taxes. The New Mexico leaders can get out their sharp knives and hack each other up about budget cuts and taxes, or they can strive to get new dollars instead. Continue Reading
Why should our citizens be intentionally defenseless?
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To get a pool of conceal-carry protectors quietly hidden among the defenseless in crowds, there must be adequate protection of those who protect us. A society that thinly veils its threats against people taking up arms for protection will not have those citizens protecting them. Continue Reading
NMSU prez must fit with institutional identity
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Making a political choice for NMSU president would be as fundamentally flawed as the Aggies playing Ohio State. Only professionals who have worked closely with agriculture and engineering for their entire professional lives are really qualified to lead a land-grant institution. Continue Reading
Goshamighty, cost cutting by idiots is almost a killer
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Budget cuts figured prominently in the recent New Mexico Legislative special session and in last year’s short flight of a US Airways airliner into the Hudson River. The connection is the unintended consequences when idiots cost-cut. Continue Reading
New Mexico goes to pot, our national government does not
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With the federal government running our health-care debate, perhaps we should consider how the federal government has handled the medical marijuana issue. They have shown no compassion for people with cancer, despite some states permitting the use of medical marijuana. Should we put those heartless people in charge of our health care? Continue Reading
Opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations
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There are great opportunities disguised as impossible situations facing the New Mexico Legislature in their budget shortfall special session. The same Legislature and governor who did not listen to good advice about the transitory nature of the state’s revenue are meeting to fix the financial problems of their own making. Continue Reading