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Smoke Is Worst for Those Who Must Live on the Street
We have been reminded this year that acts of nature can take a toll on those near and far. The smoke and haze drifting over Albuquerque this week from fires... Read more »
Water? Lizards? Cut the Nonsense: Drill
The debate over drilling on Otero Mesa is pretty silly if one just stops to think about it. One reason that some folks want to avoid oil drilling is to... Read more »
In the Holy Smoke, a Message of Spirit
I must be the only person in Albuquerque enjoying the smoke, even though it is making me cough like an asthmatic. It reminds me of India. It smells like my... Read more »
Truth Is Missing in Judicial Flap
The third branch of our government is under attack. Like the governor and members of the Legislature, judges are public servants. They call it public service for a reason. It... Read more »
Jobless Have No Political Clout
Jobs are slowly coming back, but that’s small comfort to more than 13 million Americans who remain unemployed. For every current job opening, four people are still looking for a... Read more »
Revamping Lectures Can Only Help Higher Ed
For about a thousand years a substantial part of higher education has consisted of lectures by instructors to groups of students who attempt to take notes on what has been... Read more »
Include N.M. In Summer Reading
Where is New Mexico in the Journal’s Children’s Summer Reading List? The summer reading article in Tuesday’s Albuquerque Journal shortchanges the rich and diverse pool of children’s books about New... Read more »
Business People Our Best Hope
It is no accident that aspiring GOP presidential candidates are focused on our economy – or rather what needs to be done to get it back into good shape. Almost... Read more »
A Right-to-Work Law, Lower Taxes Can Lift Economy
There has been a lot of discussion in New Mexico of ways to jump-start our struggling economy. This is good news. For too long, we have relied on the federal... Read more »
Otero Mesa a Sacred Place to Apache
Until a few months ago only a handful of the curious knew the importance of Otero Mesa to the Apache. Otero Mesa is one of the most sacred of places,... Read more »
Farmers Can’t Get Needed Broadband Access
The American Heartland has become the unlikeliest of melting pots. From 2002 to 2007, the period covered by the last agricultural census, farms and ranches owned by people of color... Read more »
UNM Athletics Excels While Paying Own Way
I believe that if people will just sit down together and talk, and each learns where the other is coming from, that will be the basis for understanding. I’d like... Read more »
