At 7 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on June 27, more than four months before Election Day, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will spend 90 minutes on CNN airing rehearsed talking […]
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Another Non Event High-Profile Felony Conviction
The President’s son, Hunter Biden, was convicted this week on three federal charges stemming from a 2018 handgun purchase where he was found to have lied on his application to […]
Keeping Affordable Housing Affordable
I’m haunted by an online post I saw recently. A young woman said she’d been homeless for months and living in her car. She had lost her apartment because she […]
Half Truths, Outright Lies and Gas Stoves
In a campaign season filled with distortions, half truths and outright lies, the least I can do is correct my own mistake. I made a factual error in my last […]
Tax Foundation Calls New Mexico Tax Ranking Respectable
Let’s start with the good news: New Mexico is number one on an important ranking. We have the nation’s lowest property taxes, and they’ve been the lowest for a long […]
The Most Inconsequential of Felony Convictions
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon, facing three articles of impeachment over the Watergate break-in and wiretapping scandal, resigned from office. Pardoned just a month later, Nixon would spend the […]
Do Your Research Before You Vote
“We need bold solutions, drastic overhauls and serious reforms,” writes a candidate for the Legislature in an op-ed article. Bold, huh? Boy, that’s new and exciting. Oh, wait. It isn’t. […]
Primary Season Isn’t Over, But General Election Issues Are Taking Shape
A natural outcome of certain states moving their presidential primaries earlier in the year is that for those states with later primaries, primary election turnout is often dismal. That will […]
Farm Bill Advocates to Congress: Get a Move On
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture recently delivered a draft farm bill. It was eight months after the old farm bill, about to expire, had to be extended. This $1.5 […]
Step Into the Future With Produced Water
When the legislative session ended in 2019, House Speaker Brian Egolf said, “The produced water bill, I think, is going to go down as one of the greatest environmental accomplishments […]
