Stopping one-way, fish-in-a-barrel shootings
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It’s not possible to take all guns out of a society, so the way to stop attacks is to allow potential victims a means to resist them. Continue Reading
Dreams of generations in a new century
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With the retirement of the space shuttles and nothing really on the horizon in space we are not giving our young any dreams to lift them up. So very sad. Continue Reading
More of the same leadership gets more of the same results
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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
Children of the nuclear attack upon New Mexico
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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
American danger then and now
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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
The consent of the governed
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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
Measuring how we measure what we need to measure
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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
Old west scum and a forgotten old west hero
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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
Arresting the arresting tendencies of authorities
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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
Illegal drugs and terrorists create an American police state
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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
$howing $ufficient re$pect in the give-to-go Land of Enticement
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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
The money-grubbing government among us
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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
Problems when boys act like boys in public schools
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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
The child born today in 20 years
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I hope each parent allows their children to consider the military. It is right for the children and our nation. Continue Reading
Shell Oil and I abandon hope for America
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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