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The U.S. Postal Service must deal with its structural problems, hold down costs, and find new sources of revenue. I did not vote to bail out the big banks, and I will not vote to bail out the U.S. Postal Service. Continue Reading
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Greg Sowards disputes reports that his campaign is “over” because he is replacing its staff, and says he plans a more positive and issue-based campaign. Continue Reading
State Rep. Dennis Kintigh’s Oct. 9 opinion piece criticizing the Endangered Species Act demonstrates an unyielding loyalty to the oil and gas industry, a dubious commitment to science and environmental protection, and a clear misunderstanding of the facts. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Republican Heather Wilson and Democrat Martin Heinrich are solid frontrunners in the U.S. Senate primaries following the filing of the latest campaigning finance reports, while no clear frontrunners have emerged in the 1st Congressional District primaries. Continue Reading
Message isn’t everything, so I don’t ultimately think Herman Cain can clinch the GOP presidential nomination with 9-9-9. But while I’d place my bet on Mitt Romney, Cain is certainly someone to watch. Continue Reading
Several dozen people gathered outside the Wells Fargo branch on Telshor Boulevard in Las Cruces on Saturday to join the worldwide “Occupy” protests. Click on the headline to see photographs I took of them. Continue Reading
Every time you hear the “tax the rich” dialog, you can label that person a huckster who takes from one American to give to another American for their vote. In America we are left in the debate about the rich with this question: What do we do when we have taken all of the wealth from the rich? Who is next? Continue Reading
Is Occupy Wall Street a demonstration, a movement, or a transformative moment? Some believe it’s merely an irritant that will be suppressed in the coming weeks. I think it’s something much more. Continue Reading
New Mexico faces rapidly-changing economic and political realities. The situation provides both peril and opportunities for New Mexicans, but there will be a transitional period and it may not be easy. Continue Reading
What if Occupy Wall Street does not go away? What if they were to get their way? Because they don’t have a unified message, it is difficult to predict what kind of utopia the effort would produce, but we can make some educated guesses. Continue Reading
NMPolitics.net’s Heath Haussamen talked about the Occupy and Tea Party movements and other topics today on the radio program News New Mexico. Click on the headline to listen. Continue Reading
My father was deported back to Italy because of improper documentation procedures and had to get in the back of the line. It took him another eight years to become a legal, naturalized U.S. citizen. Others should have to go through the same process. Continue Reading
America’s citizens should be able to assume that Endangered Species Act listings are based on “best science,” as determined by an altruistic scientist — an honest arbiter. Sadly, this ideal model isn’t how it works in real life. Continue Reading
Class warfare is nothing new. But with 11-14 million people unemployed and no jobs for newer, younger workers, there’s a danger of creating a permanent and angry underclass. Continue Reading
While it isn’t unusual for people to publicly express their dissatisfaction about some facet of management of the Lincoln National Forest, the information and publicity surrounding the tree-cutting event on Sept. 17 near Cloudcroft was troubling because it so blatantly distorted the facts. Continue Reading