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.
It’s my turn at the NMI blog roundup and that means another work week is coming to an end, and it is only two days until the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals take to the field in Florida for Super Bowl XLIII. I get Monday off of work, right David?
National political blogs seem to be taking today off (nationally, the U.S. House was off yesterday and today and after voting on the SCHIP bill last yesterday, the Senate headed home as well), local blogs aren’t exactly abuzz with chatter either.
But at Duke City Fix, Brendan has an excellent photo essay of his trip to “Socorro, T or C, Hillsboro, Silver City, Glenwood and more.” When he writes that the calzones at Socorro Springs are great, he isn’t lying. They also have some pretty good beer.
Scot Key at Burque Babble celebrated his 650th post at the blog by showing that some newspapers are adapting to the web: the Seattle Times is Twittering and the Albuquerque Journal’s Leslie Linthicum eats an infamous Albuquerque Public Schools cheese sandwich.
Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican shows us a video of Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, of “Live with Regis & Kelly,” discussing New Mexico and bolo ties. Take a look at Philbin’s face when Ripa makes an inadvertent pun.
Yesterday, FiveThirtyEight had an interesting two posts about the potential strategic mistake of congressional Republicans after unanimously voting against the stimulus package. The first is called the Republican Death Spiral and the second is the Republican Death Spiral in graphic form.
Speaking of the stimulus package, Democracy for New Mexico lets us know that the non-profit New Mexico Voices for Children applauded the House passing the bill earlier this week.
To get you out on a lighter note, Mikaela of m-pyre recounts what happens to you when you get pregnant: you get buried.
