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“The only clocks in a Major League stadium should tell us the time of day, and they should do so using hands, not digits.” That was my posting on our fantasy baseball message board a …
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By Walt Rubel
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4/13/23
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Give me light, Here, New Mexico desert light strikes wonder in the heart, provides brilliant backdrops and translates to film. No winding here, just straight forward goldness at dawn, at sunset, …
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By Elva K. Österreich
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4/13/23
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Inspired by Las Cruces firefighter Mat Hall, and a program called St. Baldrick’s, I shaved my head to raise funds for children’s cancer research. I did this four years in a row from …
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By Richard Coltharp
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4/6/23
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I had hoped legislators would take advantage of the unprecedented $9.4 billion budget this year to begin the transition away from an economy so dependent on oil and gas revenue, but I don’t …
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By Walt Rubel
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3/30/23
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Maybe it’s time to party like it’s 1969. When Jason Hooten was introduced as New Mexico State University’s new men’s basketball coach at the Pan American’s Center …
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By Richard Coltharp
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3/30/23
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I’m not at all comfortable with my new position to the right of Republican leaders on foreign policy. As a child who grew up watching the Vietnam War on the nightly news and fearing it would …
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By Walt Rubel
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3/23/23
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These days, as with so many other topics, it seems no one is neutral when it comes to the police. On one extreme, the view is “All Cops Are Bad,” or “Defund the …
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By Richard Coltharp
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3/16/23
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New Mexico’s unpaid, part-time Legislature has 15 members who are attorneys, including both the speaker of the House and the majority leader of the Senate. There are only two medical doctors, …
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By Walt Rubel
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3/16/23
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March includes Sunshine Week, an initiative of the News Leaders Association to educate the public about the importance of open government and the need to reduce unnecessary secrecy. This …
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By Kathy Brook and Eileen VanWie
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3/16/23
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Back in the 1990s, when I drove a 1966 Mustang, it was fun tooling around in that nice-looking Ford. But if I was traveling more than 30 miles, I felt a lot better driving my 1978 Buick LeSabre. The …
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By Richard Coltharp
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3/9/23
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They found my niece dead three months ago today. Alone in her apartment from a fall, caused by heavy drinking. She had been through treatment over the years, but like so many others, it wasn’t …
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By New Mexico Rep. Joanne Ferrary
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3/9/23
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Of the four general obligation bonds approved by Las Cruces voters in the November 2022 election, two addressed critical needs (affordable housing and a new fire station) and two addressed wants …
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By Walt Rubel
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3/9/23
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We have a column this week from a medical doctor, Rebecca Coalson, that confirms some of the recent fears I’ve had regarding the medical community in New Mexico. For years, we’ve known …
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By Richard Coltharp
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3/2/23
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When I bought my home in 2002 there were two big selling points - an addition on the back that was large enough to accommodate the pool table I would buy a few weeks later, and the fact it was in a …
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By Walt Rubel
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3/2/23
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The saga which has led us to our current healthcare crisis is that HB 75-The Medical Malpractice Act, written and sponsored by trial attorneys, was passed in 2021 and wrongfully grouped physicians …
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By Rebecca Coalson, M.D.
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3/2/23
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The saga which has led us to our current healthcare crisis is that HB 75-The Medical Malpractice Act, written and sponsored by trial attorneys, was passed in 2021 and wrongfully grouped physicians …
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By Rebecca Coalson, M.D.
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2/28/23
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded on Feb. 12, 1909, as a direct result of the outrage sparked by lynchings and other egregious acts of injustice. One …
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By Bobbie Green, Ph.D., President, Doña Ana County Branch, NAACP
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2/23/23
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A specific line jumped out: “The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death.” The line is literally true. Whether …
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By Richard Coltharp
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2/23/23
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Change at the New Mexico Legislature usually comes in small steps taken over a long period of time. That’s especially true with gun laws. The last significant changes came in 2019 with a …
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By Walt Rubel
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2/23/23
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According to a recent study by Environmental Defense Fund scientists, it is the smaller and older, less productive oil and gas wells not subject to EPA methane regulations that are responsible for …
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2/21/23
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