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Teaching Task Force Far Removed From Classroom Reality
Regarding the Journal report on the governor’s “New Mexico Effective Teaching Task Force,” I was encouraged when our new governor established a task force to study effective teaching in New... Read more »
That Global Warming Stuff? Just Anecdotal …
Caution: It is vitally important not to make connections. When you see pictures of rubble like the recent shots from Joplin, Mo., you should not wonder: Is this somehow related... Read more »
Judicial Panel To Be Proud Of
I read your editorial on the Judicial Standards Commission with great interest. Having served as its chairman for nearly seven years after being appointed by Gov. Bill Richardson, I believe... Read more »
Utility Rate Increases Not Popular, but Responsible
The N.M. Public Regulation Commission is facing several big decisions in the coming weeks and months, including rate increase proposals from Southwestern Public Service, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, PNM and... Read more »
Budget Fix Needn’t Be Cruel
Voters in New York state last Tuesday, and around the country in opinion polls, have given the thumbs down to the Republican plan to balance the federal budget by ending... Read more »
Immigration Is Key To Economic Future
As Congress continues to grapple with America’s two most pressing challenges — growing our economy and reducing the deficit — there is a way lawmakers in Washington can make progress... Read more »
Speak Up
I FIND IT amazing that there was a time when Americans were rushing to build bomb shelters because they were scared out of their wits that the Russians were coming.... Read more »
Labor’s Back Is to the Wall, Without Dems’ Help
WASHINGTON — This is a maddening time for anyone concerned about the lives of working-class Americans. The frustration and anger that suffused AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka’s declaration last week that... Read more »
Obama War Costs Keep Growing
After more than two years, President Obama’s national security policy looks all too familiar: like President Bush’s policy. You remember the Bush doctrine? Its most prominent tenet was the policy... Read more »
Years Come and Go, But Heroism Never Diminishes
Sixty-seven years ago my uncle, Louis B. Flores, was a 19-year-old paratrooper serving with Easy Company (alternately with HQ Company), in the 101st Airborne Division, during the D-Day invasion at... Read more »
Partisanship Has No Place in Judiciary
Many good judges have been selected by the New Mexico judicial selection process, but the process should not be credited for those successes. A Las Cruces judge who held a... Read more »
Take Time To Ponder Medicaid Options
Sen. Kent Cravens’ piece on Medicaid costs was insightful, as he correctly highlighted two key requests for proposals Human Services has been pursuing. But there is still more to be... Read more »
