The Mercury Messenger staff will go on summer break, the first in two and a half years, to recharge and plant our gardens, starting May 27 and ending August 5.
PAN
For all that is still feral and unstoppable in each of us.
EROS
A poem by V.B. Price. For those of us who still believe love is holy.
ARES/MARS
A poem by V.B. Price: For those of us who loathe war and bullies with the same intensity.
A Cold Civil War in America, but No Longer in New Mexico
A cold civil war is afoot in America and ads from both parties seeking money have internalized the art of “manufacturing consent.”
Secrecy v. Privacy: Roe v. Wade, Nixon, Trump, Smoking Guns and Smog-Filled Rooms
Roe v. Wade, United States v. Nixon and what evolves from the Mueller Report are, and will be, critical to the existence of a free society in America.
A Great Moment for New Mexico’s Environment, but With so Much More to Do
Eight years of Susana Martinez’s version of the GOP big nada left New Mexico’s environment as threatened as it’s ever been in modern times. For many voters, numbed by nothingness for so many years, it seems almost impossible that in less than three months the Democratic-controlled NM House and Senate, and Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan […]






