I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Amid the speculation and, let’s face it, bloviating regarding who gets the nod to be President-Elect Barack Obama’s secretary of state, no one seems to have noted that Gov. Bill Richardson has one of America’s favorite comedians — Whoopi Goldberg – firmly in his corner.
Yes, that Whoopi Goldberg, she of ABC’s “The View” TV talk show, comedian extraordinaire and Oscar winner for her role in the long-ago film “Ghost.”
Goldberg, a fan of Richardson’s from way back, announced Monday on “The View” that if she had her way she’d like to see the president-elect choose the guv over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to be his secretary of state nominee.
This is not the first time that Goldberg has demonstrated her affinity for Richardson. Asked during the presidential campaign, she told an interviewer she’d like to see then-Democratic presidential nominee Obama pick New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg or Richardson as his vice presidential nominee.
We’ll see if the president-elect is watching in Chicago.
