Sometimes hypocrisy is better than the alternative. And it may not even be hypocrisy to take advantage of policies that you disagree with but can’t get rid of. We are seeing Democratic senators take advantage of the lame duck session, even though lame ducks are a travesty that shouldn’t be in the Constitution. Lame ducks […]
It’s no secret that I voted against President-elect Donald Trump. I’ve said so in this column. I wasn’t enthusiastic about Kamala Harris, but I voted for her. So it’s a difficult time for me and almost half the country. It’s tempting to continue criticizing Trump, but what’s the point? I’m tired of the moaning and […]
Let’s pretend I don’t know about the election next week. You’ve all decided without me, and many have already voted. So I’m going to continue last column’s insignificant comments on economics. Nothing about the election. I promise. Last time I talked about immigration and population. But there’s more to economic problems than that. Things have […]
The immigration debate is an unstoppable force in this election, but behind the scenes it runs up against two immovable objects — population trends and economic forces. How we vote won’t necessarily change the outcome. Have you recently had any difficulty finding eager, competent people to do a job? If you haven’t, lucky you. Many […]
You might ask (as many did at a hearing on Sept. 11), “What part of ‘no’ does the Air Force not understand?” They pointed out that a proposal to fly Alamogordo-based jets over the Gila had been shot down at a hearing in December 2019. A new proposal for Arizona-based jets seemed like more of […]
Do we have a right to sit on benches downtown? There’s some controversy about that issue, but it appears that the bench supporters are winning — for now, at least. For me, and apparently for some others, this came out of the blue. One day most of the metal benches downtown were gone. Town officials […]
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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