The settlement of Texas’ suit against New Mexico ended the legal proceedings that have so vaguely and abstractly hovered unnoticed over our lives, but the consequences of that settlement will be dominating our lives specifically, concretely (meaning economically), and most noticeably in the coming years.
In go(l)d we trust: a look at negative gearing, what it is, and how it can finance mining projects in Sierra County.
We are depleting the Rio Grande Basin faster and faster every year, the groundwater 15 times faster than the river waters, reports the first comprehensive study of consumption in the whole Rio Grande/Bravo Basin system.
Semi-open primaries come to New Mexico. It’s historic. But what is it?
There is an onslaught of repugnant behavior these days and it is critically threatening the meaning of democracy and community. It is saying "throw out your moral compass.' It is time for an internal reflection of what having a moral compass truly means.
There’s still something left to be said about Alex Pretti. Saying it says what we already know, but we need to say it, because words -- misdirected, rhetorical, dishonest, sugar-coated, hiding threats, pretending to be other than what they say – are part of the problem today.
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This fictional dialogue tries to depict the process of dealmaking behind the President's deal to lower drug prices to help Americans.
A few weeks ago, I directed readers to an article in the Australian online news source Pearls and Irritations. Here I link to another of their publications: John Frew’s article addressing an issue in Australia but completely applicable to public discourse in America.
What if the racial purification ideas hiding in the slogan of making America great again were feasible, that eugenics through forced sterilization and euthanasia could produce a new race of people were true?
I must admit that I have found it hard to write for the last year, ever since the Election of November 6, 2024. Many have asked me where my voice has been, and I say, "It is lost," It is their prod to speak again and this is the beginning.
Rumors are said to be like mills. They go around and around and grind the natural grains of wheat into powdery flour so that humans can digest them. Here is an example of a rumor mill: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/23/venezuela-tren-de-aragua-gang-police.