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While we look for bigger antidotes for what ails our toxic public dialogue, each of us can hold ourselves and those we can influence to a higher standard of public discourse than we have before. Accepting dangerous rhetoric has become too costly. Continue Reading
We the people, and our politicians, political groups and media, all share some of the blame for this tragedy because we have tolerated – and some of us have even used – violent rhetoric that only serves to spread hate and division. Now we have to decide where to go from here. Continue Reading
UPDATED: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is in critical condition after being shot in the head while she was meeting with constituents outside a grocery store in Tucson. U.S. District Judge John Roll was among five people killed in the shooting. Continue Reading
The election of new Gov. Susana Martinez and the retirements of two district judges are leading to a shuffle among lawyers in Doña Ana County. Continue Reading
Two defendants already charged in state court with bilking taxpayers out of millions of dollars were indicted this week on federal tax evasion charges. Continue Reading
The reaction to a student inadvertently bringing a deer-hunting rifle onto school property in Montana, and zero-tolerance policies for guns, show an ignorance of what really does make us safe in society. Continue Reading
The trial of former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three others accused of bilking taxpayers out of millions of dollars has been delayed again. Continue Reading
In the name of capitalism, Mexico has descended into war, and, in some regions, anarchy. It’s all about who can get rich off the United States’ addiction to drugs. Continue Reading
“Mexican drug cartels are arguably as dangerous and deadly as terrorists, and they were operating far inside our borders well before 9/11,” one border security expert is arguing. It’s true. The evidence is all around us. Continue Reading
Former employees may have illegally steered Department of Corrections construction and maintenance contracts worth about $10 million to certain companies that were paid for work that may never have been done, State Auditor Hector Balderas says. Continue Reading
Perhaps it is time to do away with all cash so that every transaction is visible. How would drug lords run their lives when everything they own is within the eyes of the authorities? Continue Reading
UPDATED: Police are investigating allegations that someone involved in the Doña Ana County Republican Party illegally altered seven voter registration forms to change new voters’ party affiliation from “declined to state” to Republican. Continue Reading
Secretary of State Mary Herrera is accusing whistleblower A.J. Salazar, a former employee, of staging a break-in at his law office to try to implicate her in an alleged crime and hurt her re-election chances. Continue Reading
State Rep. Jeff Steinborn says his campaign signs are being stolen – and he’s offering a reward for information that helps catch the people who are doing it. Continue Reading
In 2003, Governor Bill Richardson signed legislation to allow those who are in this country unlawfully to obtain a New Mexico driver’s license. Seven years later, however, it is clear this experiment has failed, and yet the state’s chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Gary King, is still defending the policy. Continue Reading