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She’s Dead. Is This the America We Grew up To Believe In?

She’s Dead. Is This the America We Grew up To Believe In?

January 19, 2026 By V.B. Price 4 Comments

The killing of Renee Good by a federal agent in Minneapolis last week has broken the hearts of millions of Americans across the country. It’s forced many of us to accept the profoundly dispiriting truth that we’re no longer living in an America that we can recognize as our homeland, as a nation ruled by […]

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GEODE UNIVERSE

GEODE UNIVERSE

December 7, 2025 By V.B. Price 10 Comments

Here’s to a Christmas season filled with kindness, delight, and as much innocent merriment as the fates allow.

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Giving Thanks for New Mexico

Giving Thanks for New Mexico

November 25, 2025 By V.B. Price 6 Comments

We are blessed with the enormous good fortune to reside in this beautiful land rich in culture and community.

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The Shameful, the Bogus, the Inept

The Shameful, the Bogus, the Inept

November 2, 2025 By V.B. Price 3 Comments

While New Mexico’s Democratic leadership shines, the party that has no visible agenda to compete against the cruelties of Republican right wing extremism.

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Deb Haaland for Governor

Deb Haaland for Governor

September 22, 2025 By V.B. Price 6 Comments

Haaland’s political sophistication and commitment to racial and environmental justice make her the ideal candidate.

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Shunning Ageism, Embracing Old Age

Shunning Ageism, Embracing Old Age

August 24, 2025 By V.B. Price 10 Comments

This week, if I remain lucky, I will celebrate my 85th birthday. I find myself now belonging to a cohort that makes up 5% of the population.

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Eugenics: The Disgusting Pseudoscience of White Supremacy

Eugenics: The Disgusting Pseudoscience of White Supremacy

July 20, 2025 By V.B. Price 7 Comments

Racist research organizations are appealing to conservative donors.

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