Monthly Archives: January 2015

New Mexico needs happy teachers

I keep talking with public school teachers who are miserable. They’re all looking at their bank accounts trying to figure out when they can retire. The purpose of the school system is to educate students, not to make its employees … Continue reading

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Election analysis from our local pollster

Did Susana Martinez’ campaign strategists influence the selection of Martinez’ opponent? Did the Martinez machine want Gary King to be the Democratic nominee for governor? Brian Sanderoff thinks so. That was one of several points Sanderoff made in a recent … Continue reading

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Teach financial literacy and curb payday lending

A recent article from the Washington Post described Black Friday, and all the news coverage of that shopping extravaganza, as a spectacle of the poor performing for the entertainment of the rest of us. The writer likened Black Friday to … Continue reading

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