I didn’t go to the anti-Trump No Kings demonstration on Saturday, although I waved as I passed. I agree with the message, but I have my own way of protest. We’re living in the midst of one of the biggest changes in United States history, but it seldom appears in my column that is supposed […]
Not everyone likes the extremes of the right or the malaise of the left. One of the people who prefers the middle is Lynda Schuh, who readers of the Daily Press may recognize as a frequent author of thoughtful Readers’ Forum letters. Schuh recently organized a class called “Exploration of a ‘Middle’ Political Party” at […]
It seems the Trump administration has a new threat for environmentalists every week. Local environmental agencies are up in arms against the pending removal of the Roadless Rule. The Roadless Rule protects areas called inventoried roadless areas, or IRAs, within Forest Service land that lack roads and development. Most roadbuilding and commercial logging are prohibited […]
Is the current America the nation that the founders wanted? I had a discussion about the issue recently, and this was my conclusion. To follow the metaphor of “founding fathers,” some parents have very specific desires for their children: to marry a particular person, to continue the father’s profession, to follow the parents’ religion. Those […]
There’s nothing I hate more than writing columns about gerrymandering. I’ve written several, but I thought I could give it a rest until the next census in 2030. But thanks to President Donald Trump and Texas, here we go again. Gerrymandering means partisan cheating in drawing congressional district lines. Lines have to be redrawn after every 10-year […]
The president wants to make foreigners pay taxes to sell us stuff so that we can cut the taxes we charge ourselves. I like this idea so much that I want to expand it. Let’s start right here is Silver City. We need money for better roads and utilities and to pay for our new […]
We respectfully acknowledge that the entirety of southwestern New Mexico is the traditional territory, since time immemorial, of the Chis-Nde, also known as the people of the Chiricahua Apache Nation. The Chiricahua Apache Nation is recognized as a sovereign Native Nation by the United States in the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Friendship of 1 July 1852 (10 Stat. 979) (Treaty of Santa Fe ratified 23 March 1853 and proclaimed by President Franklin Pierce 25 March 1853).
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