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V.B. Price has lived in New Mexico since l958, mostly in Albuquerque’s North Valley, writing poetry, journalism and non-fiction. His website is vbprice.com.

Crime, Cops, Citizens and Keller

Crime, Cops, Citizens and Keller

July 25, 2021 By V.B. Price 2 Comments

It remains possible to create a law enforcement culture that both contains crime and serves honest citizens in need.

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: apd, keller

Why Is Voting Under Attack?

Why Is Voting Under Attack?

July 19, 2021 By V.B. Price 2 Comments

The Republican Party has detached itself from the moral core of the Constitution.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

The Love of Place — Querencia — and the Difference It Makes

The Love of Place — Querencia — and the Difference It Makes

July 11, 2021 By V.B. Price 7 Comments

When you love your home and community, you go out of your way to take special care of them.

Filed Under: Columns

Water Truth and Growth in Albuquerque: Thinking About the Future

Water Truth and Growth in Albuquerque: Thinking About the Future

July 4, 2021 By V.B. Price 5 Comments

Albuquerque’s growth may be compromised by a drought-shrunken and compromised water supply.

Filed Under: Columns

Technology: If We’ve Made a Problem, We Can Probably Fix It — if We Want To

Technology: If We’ve Made a Problem, We Can Probably Fix It — if We Want To

June 27, 2021 By V.B. Price 4 Comments

We have made this world. And we can still fix it and change it with the tools we used to create it.

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Hierarchy and Dehumanization: The Mobius Noose of America’s Conflation of Race, Class and Gender

Hierarchy and Dehumanization: The Mobius Noose of America’s Conflation of Race, Class and Gender

June 21, 2021 By V.B. Price 3 Comments

Hierarchy in America trumps the moral foundations of human rights.

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Thumbing Their Noses at New Mexico

Thumbing Their Noses at New Mexico

June 13, 2021 By V.B. Price 3 Comments

Military industrial pollution continues to ravage New Mexico with little help in sight.

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: kirtland, mixed waste landfill, pollution, snl

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