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Every week or so, most likely, you engage in an action that demonstrates how much you count on government.  So do millions of Americans. You probably don’t even think about it. You drive your car to a gas station, insert … Continue reading →

If you are voting by mail, on the outer envelope of your ballot packet there’s a bar code. That bar code is one way New Mexico protects the integrity of elections. The code is unique to you. After you’ve mailed … Continue reading →

Hang on, voters. We have to deal with the Public Regulation Commission again – with yet another constitutional amendment on the election ballot. The PRC is the bane of New Mexico’s government. In addition to being lousy at its regulatory … Continue reading →

Here is my scary police story. I was driving about an hour after dark, northbound on Rio Grande Blvd. in the section of Albuquerque known as Los Ranchos, which has its own local government and police force. This was about … Continue reading →

If I were a small business owner right now, I’d be nervous, to say the least. Maybe terrified. Maybe feeling, as the saying goes, like a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Small business is risky … Continue reading →

If somebody at your workplace gets infected with COVID-19, you’re going to get some help from the state, probably pretty quickly. The initial contact is the state’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau, commonly called OSHA after its national counterpart. New … Continue reading →

My friend’s husband, who has dementia, has been in a memory care facility for several months. She’s been writing a blog, anonymously, for a couple of years (“The Remembery Chronicles”), so I’ve been observing the experience at close range. It’s … Continue reading →

New Mexico is three degrees hotter than it was half a century ago. That is established fact. It’s probably going to continue to get warmer and drier, but that is prediction based on probability and could change. Three degrees doesn’t … Continue reading →

Hobbs, New Mexico, is planning to have a high school prom. In Texas. The scheduled date is July 16. It’s not an official function of the school, according to the Hobbs News-Sun, but a volunteer project organized by parents. They … Continue reading →