politics

Back to “New Mexico Normal…”

I’ve been off the air for the past few weeks due to lots of family at home during the holidays, an annoying sciatica problem and maybe just a touch of the winter blues. My plan is to get back into the swing of writing that I hope you enjoy reading and gets my brain offContinue reading “Back to “New Mexico Normal…””

Meeting in the middle wasn’t a good outcome…

If you think political division is troubling today, a quick look back at New Mexico history shows that things haven’t changed much in more than 150 years. A brief excerpt from a book by noted New Mexico historian Ralph Emerson Twitchell shows how rough things got during a political campaign in 1871. The story wasContinue reading “Meeting in the middle wasn’t a good outcome…”

Putting perspective in 2024…

In case you haven’t seen it somewhere else before, I’m attaching a link to Dave Barry’s annual look at the past year — in this case 2024. I am copying this link from the Miami Herland, where Barry worked for many years. In order to read the article, you may have to agree to aContinue reading “Putting perspective in 2024…”