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In 2022, I faced the fight of my life. After enduring nine grueling months of unexplained fevers, night sweats and a swollen spleen, I booked a one-way ticket to Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. …
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Rob ThompsonGuest Columnist
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1/8/25
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Our communities are paying the price for our broken criminal justice system, which is failing those with mental health problems and/or drug addiction. Shortly, the 2025 legislative session will be …
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Sarah SmithGuest columnist
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1/8/25
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Jimmy Carter was an honest, reverent and decent man during a time when those qualities were seen as a political asset. Now, I fear they would all be seen as weakness.
It’s been clear for …
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Walt Rubel For the Bulletin
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1/7/25
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John Joseph Burke, Jr. – Jackie Burke to the golf world – was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and passed away on January 19, 2024, just 10 days shy of his 101 st birthday. After high school, …
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Charlie Blanchard For the Bulletin
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1/3/25
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Let’s face it: Most golfers are stuck in a rut. They go out to the golf course to play with their usual friends, spend 4 1/2 hours playing their usual game, go home and don’t remember how …
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Charlie Blanchard For the Bulletin
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12/19/24
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I was feeling a little bit lonely one night about 14 years ago when I made a pact with Andres, the kitten I had just adopted from the Mesilla Valley animal shelter: Get me to age 65, and I promise to …
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Walt Rubel For the Bulletin
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12/19/24
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I loathe politics and, by default, politicians. A year ago, I followed national politics with the typical ire of, probably, most folks – annoyance worthy of the occasional five-minute …
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Bulletin
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12/19/24
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If you are like most golfers, you want to shoot better scores but you really don’t want to radically change your swing, take a lot of lessons or even practice a great deal more. That’s …
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Charlie Blanchard For the Bulletin
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12/13/24
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Later this month, the consensus revenue estimate will be released, providing the basis for the state’s budget when lawmakers meet next month in Santa Fe. And the expectation is a continuation …
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Walt Rubel For the Bulletin
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12/10/24
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Tonight my legs, feet and right shoulder are a bit fatigued. As a family, we spent all day hunting quail in a remote but beautiful area. My children are 5 and 9. Today I heard them giggle at how …
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Bulletin
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12/10/24
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One of my favorite books in my substantial golf library is “They Played With A Quiet Mind” (1991) by Charles F. Kemp, a professor of pastoral psychology at Texas Christian University, a …
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Charlie Blanchard For the Bulletin
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12/5/24
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The free market system just doesn’t work for health care. If it did, we would sell kidneys at auction to the highest bidder instead of having a waiting list of those most in need.
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Walt Rubel For the Bulletin
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12/3/24
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Starting in January, the 60-day legislative session will begin in Santa Fe. Your representatives and senators are the only state elected lawmakers in the country that are unpaid for their service. …
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Bulletin
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12/3/24
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It’s been a banner year for women’s sports, especially women’s golf. Caitlin Clark had both women’s basketball (Indiana Fever in WNBA) and playing a pro-am 9 holes in The …
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Charlie Blanchard For the Bulletin
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12/2/24
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On June 6, 2023, the PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund, the bankroll for LIV golf, signed a “framework agreement” aimed at some sort of merger, the “details” of …
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Charlie Blanchard For the Bulletin
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11/27/24
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Thanksgiving is our second-most conflicted holiday, behind only Memorial Day, when we somberly honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country by pounding 24-ouncers at the backyard …
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Walt Rubel For the Bulletin
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11/26/24
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What is a police officer? Most people think of the action (and not) you see on television. Running, shooting, chasing bad guys, drinking coffee and eating doughnuts. The most noble profession …
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Bulletin
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11/26/24
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I ’ ve spent the last eight months or so trying to get versed in ways to affect change in my hometown as it relates to the crime taking over our community. I ’ ve talked here about the …
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Bulletin
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11/22/24
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Public safety will be on the agenda in the upcoming 60-day session, but Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s attempts to arm-twist lawmakers on the issue last year won’t serve her well as she …
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Walt Rubel For the Bulletin
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11/22/24
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I ’ ve spent the last eight months or so trying to get versed in ways to affect change in my hometown as it relates to the crime taking over our community. I ’ ve talked here about the …
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Bulletin
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11/18/24
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