Monthly Archives: November 2015

Responding to mental illness needs resources

Oh, those inconvenient people – the mentally ill. They fill our jails, they scare their neighbors, they drive their families crazy and sometimes bankrupt, and once in a while they kill somebody, or create a disturbance that leads the police … Continue reading

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Retiree Health Care is solvent for 20 years

A friend told me, excitedly, that he has been approved for the new hepatitis C drug – the miracle drug that is supposed to cure this disease at a cost of $93,000 per patient. He has started the treatment and … Continue reading

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Keep trying to reform school elections

New Mexico’s state constitution has handed us a real zinger. In 2014 a majority of us voted for an amendment to that constitution, but it didn’t get done. It turns out, the majority vote was not enough. The amendment in … Continue reading

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