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The No Child Left Behind Act may someday be remembered as the Every Parent Left Behind Act. Loss of control is a key reason why so many New Mexican parents and teachers have expressed dissatisfaction with our education system. Continue Reading
Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Steve Pearce outraised Democratic incumbent Harry Teague once again in the fourth quarter of 2009, but Teague still leads in overall fundraising during the election cycle. Continue Reading
Here in New Mexico there are a number of disasters locally and statewide just waiting to happen, and our political leaders are fighting over things like transparency in government as if that is the end-all and be-all. Continue Reading
While health care is snarled in Washington, two members of the New Mexico congressional delegation say they’re committed to getting the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act passed during the second session of the 111th Congress. Continue Reading
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding political spending by corporations and unions was more than just a blow to democracy. It was a blow to states’ rights. All across the country, lawmakers are scrambling to determine the extent to which their local campaign financing laws are still legal. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Here are the statements I have received about President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address from New Mexico politicians and candidates for office. Continue Reading
Rather than listening to pundits, my laptop and I traveled out of the District to the home of a dear friend in Falls Church, Virginia. I listened to zero commentary. Just soaked in e-mails and texts from self-professed Democrats, independents and Republicans. Here’s what I and they thought. Continue Reading
Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts is just the beginning of an independent movement around the country, including the tea party, that values good, responsive government above all else. This is not a fad. Continue Reading
Former Gov. Gary Johnson, who has been fueling speculation about a possible run for president with the launch of his Our America Initiative, was in New Hampshire on Saturday to give the keynote address at the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire forum. Continue Reading
Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling removing restrictions on corporate and union political ads under the guise of free speech flies in the face of every democratic principal I hold dear. Continue Reading
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
Former Gov. Gary Johnson, a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2012, blames New Mexico’s budget deficit on current Gov. Bill Richardson and legislators who voted for the last seven budgets. Continue Reading
The politicking and proselytizing of Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson is wrong, but there’s nothing wrong with looking at why a 7.0 quake in Haiti kills 100,000 or more Haitians while a similar temblor in similarly dense Los Angeles kills only a handful of Americans. Continue Reading
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
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