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The battle for Mt. TaylorLocal DialogueFreelance writer extraordinaire, Laura Paskus, has a recently published piece in High Country News that delves deep into the drama surrounding New Mexico designating Mt. Taylor a traditional cultural property... Continue Reading comments10-28-09
VIDEO: Our Internet, not theirsLocal DialogueProps to SWOP for the heads up on this great discussion on Net Neutrality. If you're unsure about the term and what it means, watch this video to get a good understanding of the recent developments in the fight for a free and open Web. Video after the jump... Continue Reading comments09-07-09
No one is coming to save the dayLaura PaskusThere is nothing wrong with hoping for a better future. There is nothing wrong with putting your faith in another person. It’s even okay to cast about for a prince (or princess) and to kiss a few frogs every once in a while. But progressives can no longer place the burden of hope on lawmakers while we each set ourselves on Auto Pilot, imagining someone else will rectify the problems our nation faces... Continue Reading comments09-07-09
Labor Day 2009: Job Losses, Falling Wages, EFCA Lies DormantbarbwireI don't see how we will ever recover our employment base, especially in terms of blue collar jobs, if we don't level the playing field by inserting strict labor provisions into our trade policies. Too many Democrats are good at merely paying lip service to labor and the union movement, but we need action, not more speeches once a year at Labor Day picnics... Continue Reading comments08-25-09
Climate Change Isn’t Coming to the Middle Rio Grande. It’s Already Here.Laura PaskusWe no longer have the luxury of labeling ourselves a “green” city or futzing about with vague plans and initiatives. Sacrifice and drought, a withering Southwest and reality checks are hardly the stuff of campaign rhetoric. But until the public demands that politicians and lawmakers plan for a warmer, drier valley, all of our children face bleak futures here in the valley... Continue Reading comments08-25-09
Quigley does justice to health care debateBenito AragonLast Friday, Arthur Alpert, a regular columnist at the New Mexico Independent, took a break from from scrutinizing the Journal's habit of embedding their editorial slant into news coverage to give a well deserved kudos to the Journal's health business reporter, Winthrop Quigley... Continue Reading comments08-21-09
Why Aren’t Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan On This List?barbwireMartin Heinrich (NM-01) and Ben Ray Lujan (NM-03) have said they strongly support a public option yet more and more people are wondering why they won't publicly commit to fight for a public option by making it crystal clear that they believe that any reform bill that lacks a public option is inadequate, unwise and unacceptable... 08-03-09
Court says non-profit mailers, “constitutionally protected”Local DialogueThe Secretary of State's Office violated New Mexico Youth Organized constitutionally protected rights when it tried to force the nonprofit to register as a political action committee, according to a ruling by U.S. District Judge Judith C. Herrera... Continue Reading comments07-15-09
Water, growth - Marty’s Achilles’ heelBenito AragonV.B. Price had an excellent editorial in the New Mexico Independent today lauding the return, for many in this country, to personal financial restraint and responsibility. He says for far too long, people in this country have bought into the disastrous false reasoning that debt equals wealth. Price goes on to explain how this type of thinking is directly related to our natural resources and the way cities plan for growth... Continue Reading comments07-08-09
BlatantJim BacaMayor Marty Chavez got a Journal headline this morning saying he wants 100 more police officers hired. It took him 7 years to hire the last 100, if they have even reached that number of 1100. Now, as an election year ploy he says more are needed... Continue Reading comments07-07-09
DCCC Responds to Entry of Steve Pearce into NM-02 RacebarbwireThe Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) responded quickly and with sharp criticism to Steve Pearce's announcement today that he'll run to recapture his previous seat in the U.S. House from New Mexico's Second Congressional District in 2010... Continue Reading comments06-26-09
Western lawmakers must support real progress on climate change policyLaura PaskusAs a nation, we are facing an emergency—and yet the climate change legislation pending before Congress is woefully inadequate to greet that new world with much beyond empty rhetoric and delayed promises. Throw in a few boondoggles, concessions to the energy industry and the pet projects supported by lawmakers bowing to industry influence, and it’s obvious that the current Waxman-Markey bill serves as a great disservice to the generations ahead... Continue Reading comments |
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