Author Archives: merilee

To review the obvious: Most of us could not afford the financial cost of serious illness or injury. We never know who’s going to be the unlucky one to become ill or injured. Health insurance was developed to share the … Continue reading →

Some 30 years ago, around a Thanksgiving dinner table, a gentleman in my family stated this opinion: gay people should not be allowed to be schoolteachers because they wanted to recruit children into their way of life. The gentleman was … Continue reading →

About once a month, several volunteers from Albuquerque and Santa Fe travel to one of New Mexico’s immigrant detention prisons. They are from VIDA, Volunteers for Immigrants in Detention Albuquerque (abqvida.org). They go to provide comfort and solace for incarcerated … Continue reading →

Imagine a truck stop the size of a small town. It covers 6,000 acres, more than 9 square miles. It has connections to move cargo from anywhere in the world to anywhere else. It serves trucks, railroad and air transport, … Continue reading →

A few years ago I supported a certain candidate for City Council. I displayed her yard sign in my front yard. She won the election, and she told me three of my neighbors had told her they voted for her … Continue reading →

Early voting has started in New Mexico. Before you head to the voting booth or fill out your mail-in ballot, your first stop should be nmvote.org, on the Secretary of State website.. From that page you can obtain a sample … Continue reading →

In my garage, clinging to a cabinet door, is a magnetic sign that reads “Election Protection.” I saved it from the last general election, when I stuck it to the door of my car and drove around to polling places … Continue reading →

If you are a retiree from New Mexico state or local government, you probably recently received a letter from PERA telling you about your pension increase starting in July. PERA is the Public Employees Retirement Association, which administers your pension. … Continue reading →

Let’s not talk about race. It might upset the children. That’s the rule in Florida, at least, or so we interpret from the way it’s been reported. It means they don’t want to upset the white children. It’s not clear … Continue reading →