ContraAlito IV
This is the last part of my essay on the Supreme Court's decision to forbid states to remap voting districts on the basis of race but allows states to gerrymander for political reasons. The result will be the return of hidden racism.
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Village of Williamsburg’s ICIP: Streets = stormwater control = nonpoint source pollution to Rio Grande
I don't blame Villagers for not participating in the Infrastructure Capital Improvements Project. The meeting time was changed, you couldn't write in suggestions to the Village clerk, there was only one public hearing and it was only 30 minutes long. Getting the "why" out of trustees' ICIP choices was hard.
BLM fast-tracks ‘Green Chile’ pipeline construction review for NM data center Project Jupiter
I republish here (a bit late) an article by Danielle Prokop from Source NM, which is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization. Danielle Prokop reports on climate crisis on the Rio Grande, water litigation and health impacts from pollution.
Trickle down economics + toxic optimism + lack of asset management = our present and future
Asset management plans are boring. Camelot dreams are not. We are still basing our choice of capital projects on "wouldn't it be nice" instead of "what is the state of our assets."
ContraAlito III
This is the third part of my analysis of Supreme Court Alito's Louisiana v. Callais ruling. In it I discuss the mostly unacknowledged undertow that pulls his argument together and the way those currents come out of the Court's decades-long destruction of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Senate Bill 16
Semi-open primaries come to New Mexico. It’s historic. But what is it?
ContraAlito II
The second part of my long read of Justice Alito's decision in Louisiana v. Callais is a direct analysis of his argument with attention to his use of two ambiguous words, "discrimination" and "intention," and his construction of a history of cases that lead to his decision.
New Mexico’s bumble bees need your help!
Press Release from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation: The New Mexico Bumble Bee Atlas Project is looking for volunteers to participate. There will be a hands-on learning session at the Percha Dam State Park on Thursday, May 14, from 9am until noon.
ContraAlito
I begin a four articles long study of the Supreme Court decision on elections in Louisiana v. Callais. The articles are difficult with a lot of information, legal concepts, and linguistic analysis. I hope you will tackle it because voting may not be voting anymore.
From the other side, May 1, 2026: Arthur Sze
From the Other Side was meant to provide views of news events at odds with the prevalent American media view. Today, I am adding another side. This is a posting on poetry, which, as the subject of this article has said, is what can’t be said in words.
More on water
Decisions about water are oddly complex, balancing private and public interests. Understanding hydrology helps resolve some of that complexity. This is an informational piece on groundwater, streams, riparian trees, and us to help make our decisions more reasonable.
Village of Williamsburg needs to plan with T or C on ICIP road and water projects
If the residents and Village of Williamsburg Trustees are not critically evaluating what their under-contract engineers are proposing, if they are just going along, the engineering firm will seek to maximize its profits instead of saving residents money, which appears to be the case.