Nullius in verba
There’s a numb helplessness, a kind of gray anesthetic fog that’s settling over the political landscape these days. National politics is a nightmare of clowns and distracted groundskeepers sweeping up what the Elephants leave behind. But the piles are getting too big and no one really knows what to do with them. And so there’s […]
When President Trump signed a resolution last week that gives states the power to withhold federal Title X family planning funds from Planned Parenthood, he spotlighted once again the evil history of misogyny in American culture. Hatred of women is the primal prejudice. It is the context and source of all other bigotry. That the […]
New Mexico is a perfect example of what happens when a government is run by people who hate government; who want to run government “like a business;” who make a virtue of selfishness; who think those with low incomes are inferior to the wealthy; who give lip service to caring for the unfortunate, the old, […]
It’s hard to understand the thinking of people who believe it’s quite alright to financially undermine programs like Meals on Wheels or strip federal dollars from programs for the poor and homeless, including food assistance and job training, and cut off funds from Habitat for Humanity, the Rural Business Cooperative, and the Corporation for Public […]
Changing climate in the Southwest has become an object of grim fascination for many citizens. Despite the political ostrichism on the part of conservative bureaucrats who’ve recently come to power, it’s clear to thoughtful people that increasing temperatures have become one of the greatest public health menaces our region has ever faced. Rising heat and […]
New Mexico’s impoverished economy received a devastating blow last week when the extremist Republican establishment, fronted by the Trump administration, finally did what it has longed to do – begin the down and dirty process of eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the National Endowment for […]
The budget of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to be cut to around the size it was in the Reagan years. The exact numbers are not available yet, but leaks about the Trump administration’s budget indicate that the agency could lose as much as 25 to 30 percent of its funding this […]