Opinion

Sequestration shows failure of America's political class

An old vaudeville joke went like this: "Do I look like an idiot? Do I look like a jerk who doesn't know what's going on? Do you think I'm dumb? Don't answer that!" The sequester, with its draconian...

DATE: March 8, 2013 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Fiscal cliff deal led to sequestration

I believe President Obama genuinely opposes the sequestration spending cuts now going into effect. I don't believe the cynics who think he secretly welcomes the spending cuts as long as he can...

DATE: March 8, 2013 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

A lost world revealed by drought

Looking down into a valley near the edge of Lake Mead, it was hard to believe that the bustling town of St. Thomas had ever thrived below. A woman shielded her eyes from the October sun and asked...

DATE: March 1, 2013 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range

Sally Jewell and the adventure of a lifetime

President Obama's nominee for heading the Department of Interior, Sally Jewell, is historic - not for who she is, but for who she is not.She is a mountaineer, an ultra-marathon runner, a CEO of...

DATE: Feb. 21, 2013 | COLUMN: Writers on the Range

The wrong time to reduce the deficit

There is a right time and a wrong time to reduce national deficits. Franklin Delano Roosevelt learned the hard way, as Europe and the United States are today. Many economists and corporate analysts...

DATE: Feb. 15, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Guns and Roses, Part II

This was to be the wrap-up of Guns and Roses. But as I was writing the essay a strange thing happened! I was constrained by the Emperor's decrees. You know, the 23 proclamations that will...

DATE: Feb. 13, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Manage the forest for its future

"Hey, what are you doing here? This is my trail, and no mountain bikes are allowed on it! Oh no, there's a cow pie right in the middle of my mountain bike trail. It will get all over me! Yuk! What...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Hate speech and the First Amendment

"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other, it is the principle of free thought - not free thought for those who agree with us, but...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

The 2013 Political Animal Awards

Hey! You! Yes, you. Sorry. Just trying to get your attention to impart an important warning here. For the next couple weeks, it's imperative all you good folks out there stay alert and keep your...

DATE: Feb. 6, 2013 | COLUMN: Cagle Cartoons

Dolores is too great for hate

Editor:Recently, there has been a lot of commentary in board meetings, letters to the editors, Albuquerque news and on social media about Dolores school district 4A administration's actions to...

DATE: Feb. 1, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

Civil rights under assault at DHS

Benjamin Franklin once wrote that "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." Well, I am outraged and I hope that you are as well. The Dolores High...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

No one should lack a safe, stable home

Do people choose to become homeless? Seeing homelessness firsthand makes me believe that people don't always choose to be homeless. Sometimes life changes for the worse. People end up in bad...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | COLUMN: Guest Columns

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