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Posted inColumnists, Commentary

Affordable Internet Access is a Critical Election Year Issue

by Patrick Davis May 17, 2024

In the digital age, access to reliable internet is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity. This truth has become even more evident as we’ve navigated through recent global challenges […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary

Lawmakers Should Weigh Burdens to Smallest Businesses

by Patrick Davis May 17, 2024

The man was said to be the only electrician in Mora, and my agency forced him out of business. This was around 20 years ago. I learned about it in […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary

The High Cost of Self-checkout

by Patrick Davis May 10, 2024

If you do grocery shopping for your family, you have undoubtedly used self-checkout. That’s what I was doing recently when shopping for two items in a nearby store. I noticed […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary

Apodaca Wants to Help Moderates

by Patrick Davis May 10, 2024

Democrats’ notion of their party as the big tent is suffering as hard line progressives target moderates in the primary. It’s been widely reported that progressives have primaried every state […]

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Why You Should Care About the Federal Debt

by Patrick Davis May 10, 2024

Does everyone in your household have a spare $102,000 lying around? Because that’s what it will take to clear our federal debt: $102,000 from every woman, man and child in […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary, Sandoval County

Trail Mix: Adventure to Cabezon Peak

by Patrick Davis May 3, 2024

Trail Mix is a monthly column featuring off-the-beaten-path adventures in New Mexico. Rising over 1,100 feet from the Rio Puerco Valley, Cabezon Peak dominates this remote and rugged valley just […]

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New Mexico Is Neither a Blue Nor a Red State

by Patrick Davis May 3, 2024

I am doing a couple of interviews this week to provide a Republican perspective on New Mexico politics in 2024. That might seem amusing to some of you who perceive […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary

Primary Election is Coming Right Up

by Patrick Davis May 3, 2024

New Mexico’s primary election is a few weeks away, on June 4. As attentive voters know, in New Mexico the primary election is at least as important as the general. […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary

Historians Look at Oñate

by Patrick Davis May 3, 2024

In history we find things that make us feel uncomfortable, said Jon Ghahate, a Laguna and Zuni pueblo educator. “Sometimes it’s very challenging. For New Mexico it’s embedded in everything […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary

What Do You Stand For? What Time Is It?

by Patrick Davis April 26, 2024

So it’s been a pretty exciting week in Washington. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s legislative package for the most part passed on a bipartisan vote, with the exception of […]

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