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Posted inColumnists, Commentary

What Do You Stand For? What Time Is It?

Avatar photo by Pat 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 […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary

Polling is a Sketch, Not a Painting

Avatar photo by Pat Davis April 26, 2024

In the U. S. there is something called the polling industrial complex. It’s a description of how polling has changed over 50 years. It has grown and become more complex […]

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Smoothing Out the Capital Outlay Process

Avatar photo by Pat Davis April 26, 2024

Wesley Billingsley will soon be able to say, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” He will tackle one of the most stubborn problems in state government. Billingsley […]

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A Better Way to Run a Railroad

Avatar photo by Pat Davis April 19, 2024

There’s nothing like a road trip to make you appreciate another mode of transportation – trains. They keep motorists company along many a New Mexico highway. Before we left the […]

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A Medical Cost You Didn’t Know About

Avatar photo by Pat Davis April 19, 2024

Most of us have never heard of independent medical examinations. We might need to know a little more about them.  An independent medical examination (IME) is an exam performed when […]

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American Global Resolve is Shaky

Avatar photo by Pat Davis April 19, 2024

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, trying to simultaneously do the right thing, not trigger former President/current GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, and keep Congressional howler monkey Marjorie Taylor Greene […]

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Politics Two Ways

Avatar photo by Pat Davis April 12, 2024

Two New Mexico political groups are using opposite tactics to reach a common goal—elect Democrats. While the West Side Democrats in Albuquerque focuses on personal activism, Blue CD2 New Mexico […]

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Is It Good PR, or Russian Propaganda?

Avatar photo by Pat Davis April 12, 2024

You might have missed it. On April 7, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Mike Turner (R-Ohio) announced on two different Sunday news programs that members […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary

Regulating Yourself Doesn’t Work

Avatar photo by Pat Davis April 5, 2024

On October 29, 2018, a passenger airliner crashed into the sea less than 13 minutes after takeoff from Jakarta, Indonesia. A few months later, a second plane crashed over Ethiopia. […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary

Calling the Governor

Avatar photo by Pat Davis April 5, 2024

People who live in cities need to get away from each other and enjoy a bit of nature. The public park, a leafy green space in the urban landscape, has […]

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