Only in New Mexico

It is said that the Rio Rancho city government was taken over by the Tea Party in the last election.  Those are the guys who are complaining...

Mitt Romney wants to start a war in the Middle East by threatening Iran.  Is he channeling bush/cheney?  He would rather bomb the crap out o...

More city councillors is a really dumb idea unless any additional councillors are elected at large.  This way penny ante parochialism by...

Much to my chagrin the hotel I stayed in at Salt Lake City was hosting a convention of the American Legislative Exchange Council.  That is t...

I am off to Salt Lake City for a meeting of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.  I have served on that board for 18 years and we have m...

To: All Democratic Candidates and Party Officials From: Only in New Mexico Re: Casino Stop holding fundraisers at local tribal casinos...

We had a wonderful dinner this weekend with some politically astute friends.  Some center.  Some left.  No rights.   And all of them were so...

It says a lot about the US that when a man in a costume with a gun kills people, they ban costumes.

This is funny.  

Would one ever see an oped like this in the rightwing oil and gas industry influenced Albuquerque Journal?   Probably too much science for t...

Kudos to Mayor Richard Berry for bringing in a new civilian director of the Albuquerque Police Academy.  It is good news for us who want a p...

Yup!  It happened.  Former Sheriff Darren White, part of the shadow government at the State Capitol, has now been named general manager at t...

As I expected the Albuquerque Journal will take full advantage of Attorney General Gary King's blunder in announcing his candidacy for...

This so called ghost town in southern New Mexico that was supposed to be constructed always sounded a little iffy to me, but if it was real ...

Sometimes I think the folks in the Agriculture business are oblivious to  double standards.  While most of the business is now owned by mega...

I can honestly say I have never before grown a water lilly.  But here is my first one.  I noticed the bud yesterday when cleaning our new ...

I returned from my nice foray for golf in Durango, Colorado and read that Gary King has announced he is running for Governor.  He just sho...

We need to support the Independent Source Pac that has been exposing the corruption in the Martinez administration.  Since the Albuquerque J...

Think of it.   More evidence of accelerated climate change, rising ocean levels and human induced weather as fossil fuels burn, burn, burn. ...

The scandal involving the political awarding of the lucrative Racino contract at the State Fair Grounds is being successfully turned into a ...