Monthly Archives: February 2016

Love dogs the right way

Almost everybody loves dogs, especially puppies. Some people make a lot of money from that love. Somebody invented a technique for raising huge sums of money: produce a tearjerker TV commercial showing sad-eyed emaciated dogs behind barbed wire. Then, instead … Continue reading

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Freedom versus rules — the gun controversy

            Civil society is a slippery slope. It’s a constant tug of war between total individual freedom and rules that enable us to live as a society. We have free speech, but we may not yell “Fire” in a crowded … Continue reading

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It might be time for that ethics commission

Note to readers:  Since this was written, the legislature ended without passing the ethics commission legislation. I used to joke that my late husband was the last honest man in the New Mexico legislature. He was not the last, though. … Continue reading

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