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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.

Nuclear Poison at Los Alamos National Labs

Nuclear Poison at Los Alamos National Labs

August 17, 2020 By V.B. Price 2 Comments

Lack of oversight at LANL makes all New Mexicans potential “downwinders.”

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There Will Be a Future, but Its Origins Will Have Little to Do With Hope or Despair

There Will Be a Future, but Its Origins Will Have Little to Do With Hope or Despair

August 9, 2020 By V.B. Price 5 Comments

Our voices and action now will determine the world we and our offspring inhabit in the future.

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Is America Becoming an Authoritarian State?

Is America Becoming an Authoritarian State?

August 2, 2020 By V.B. Price 1 Comment

Are we headed toward a fascist dictatorship or are we already there?

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An Uninvited Federal Incursion Into Democratic Blue Cities

An Uninvited Federal Incursion Into Democratic Blue Cities

July 26, 2020 By V.B. Price 1 Comment

Are the ill-conceived political shenanigans of Trump and the GOP the beginning of fascism in America?

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Ironies of Science and New Mexico

Ironies of Science and New Mexico

July 19, 2020 By V.B. Price 5 Comments

Seventy five years after the madness of the Trinity Site detonation, the level-headedness in Las Vegas, NM gives us hope.

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America’s Culture of Hate vs. the Better Angels of Our Nature

America’s Culture of Hate vs. the Better Angels of Our Nature

July 12, 2020 By V.B. Price 1 Comment

In order to counter America’s racist dysfunction, we must sharpen the tools of allyship.

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Why COVID-19 Is Such a Monster, and Why It’s a Humanitarian Duty to Wear a Mask and Social Distance

Why COVID-19 Is Such a Monster, and Why It’s a Humanitarian Duty to Wear a Mask and Social Distance

July 5, 2020 By V.B. Price 1 Comment

We must abandon ignorant political hysteria and adhere to medical best practices if we are to have a collective impact on the virus.

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