Larry King Live with John Edwards And Al Sharpton

February 27, 2004

American public life is anti-intellectual as hell. Advice to John Kerry: don’t think in public.

New Mexico And Arizona Are Not The Same

February 20, 2004

OK. The governor of Arizona is from New Mexico. The northern New Mexico congressman is from Arizona. The two square border states voted the same on the same day. But they’re different, no?

Dreaming Academic Freedom In Las Vegas, N.M.

February 10, 2004

How I came to support the master of the New Mexico Senate for president of a small state college and a few afterthoughts.

Year In Review: Bill Richardson Changed The NM Constitution

December 28, 2003

Trouble with a judge? The highways? The schools? Who ya gonna call? In New Mexico now, you call the governor’s office.

Can A Good Politician Make It Rain?

December 21, 2003

New Mexico’s response to the drought is being written by lawyers and political experts. Meteorologists and geologists don’t write that good.

The Struggle To Define What’s Wrong With Talk Radio

December 14, 2003

A review of two speeches in which national news executives express to their colleagues why paid political diatribes are becoming a threat to their traditional journalism.

Some Rapid Reading About Rapid Transit

December 1, 2003

Too bad rapid Bill Richardson’s idea about light rail transportation avoids the Albuquerque Central problem. Too bad Mayor Martin Chavez is unrealistic. Urban light rail works in the four biggest North American Rocky Mountain metro areas. The fifth is Albuquerque. Impossible dream?

Lord Save Us From The Demon Rum (And Also Fred)

November 7, 2003

Minnie B. Owens had it right: the saloon men eventually will ruin the state. They aren’t doing much good for Bill Richardson’s political career either.

Message Control, Bill Richardson Style

November 2, 2003

The Santa Fe press corps exploded in laughter when Bill Richardson made a slip of the tongue. But it was nervous laughter. The reporters were tense. The governor eats softball questions for lunch.

Travels With A Neganative, Part 2

October 23, 2003

Continuing along U.S. 84 in New Mexico’s Rio Arriba County, I search for the secrets of preservation of the living West in Los Ojos and Chama

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