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We’ve Lost Our Mojo, Says Ex-Pa. Governor

We’ve Lost Our Mojo, Says Ex-Pa. Governor

As the nation approached the so-called fiscal cliff, I read the book "A Nation of Wusses: How ...
BICE: Faces two felony charges

‘World-Class Jerk’ Is Back In Jail

Some jerks never learn.    Maybe they can't.    Maybe their hubr ...
State Medical Board Yanks Pain Doc’s License

State Medical Board Yanks Pain Doc’s License

In 2011, Pawan Kumar Jain, a doctor who practices in Las Cruces, prescribed 3,028,939 doses of pain ...
State Tries To Balance Checkbook

State Tries To Balance Checkbook

Here's a New Year's resolution for state government: Balance checkbook. The Department o ...
The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District’s dam at Angostura, near Algodones, has been in place so long that it is hard to think about what the Rio Grande might look like without its influence. (roberto E. Rosales/Journal)

Puzzling Over the Rio Grande

A puzzling thing happened in December on the Rio Grande that illustrates the dilemma we will face ...
Charles Harner, third from right, poses with members of his family at exactly 4:12 a.m. Dec. 21 in Albuquerque. Although the world did not end, as some predictions warned, it was the beginning of a goal to live life in a more positive way, Harner says. (COURTESY of CHARLES HARNER)

A New Outlook for the New Year

A very excited reader named Charles Harner had a question: Why not just be happy? Which wasn̵ ...
Bigfoot? In the Jemez? Perhaps.

Bigfoot? In the Jemez? Perhaps.

You will find my serious journalistic efforts in another section of this newspaper today - a hu ...
N.M. Government in Middle on Innovation

N.M. Government in Middle on Innovation

A major new study on policy innovations by state governments ranks New Mexico's government abo ...
Poor Family’s Hope Discarded

Poor Family’s Hope Discarded

Fernando Enriquez was raised close to the earth, his migrant farm family toiling in the soil, harves ...
Roland Johnson, who was governor of Laguna Pueblo in 1995 when this photo was taken, holds the Laguna Pueblo “Lincoln cane,” an ebony staff given to each of the 19 pueblos as a representation of their sovereignty. 
(RICHARD PIPES/JOURNAL)

Lincoln Lessons In N.M.

'Great Emancipator' courted pueblos, removed Navajos from homelands
A screen capture shows Governor Susana Martinez as she requalifies for a concealed carry permit. The permit has become like an American Express card for politicians.

The Governor’s Record on Guns Is Long

Susana Martinez has courted the gun crowd during her two years as governor. Remember Martinez' ...
Pondering Message of Love on Christmas

Pondering Message of Love on Christmas

Dorothy Day has been proposed for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church largely because she took se ...