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.
Coco took issue earlier in the week with the notion of spurring home sales as an economic fix, which was suggested in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
“I thought we were already helping banks.” Coco says. “But apparently it was the poor home builders who were hurt first and most. And their bankers too – boo hoo. … Mr. Oliver is tripping if he thinks we can fix the economy by doing the same thing that broke it.”
Also, Mario Burgos mocks the term “moderate Republican” in relation to the three Republicans who’ve voted with Democrats to pass the federal stimulus package. “Wow, talk about showing restraint. Senator (Arlen) Specter, Senator (Olympia) Snowe and Senator (Susan) Collins sure do know how to drive a hard bargain,” Burgos says. “Good thing they were there to push the envelope and shave 2% or so off of that mammoth spending proposal.”
Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas, D-Albuquerque, would like public schools to offer media literacy classes so New Mexico students can better understand and analyze the information they receive from sources like television, radio and the Internet. Democracy for New Mexico has the info and, as ever, continues to stream all kinds of interesting information about what’s happening at the Roundhouse.
And getting away from politics, check out this restaurant review of the new BangkokCage — which is just one example of why Duke City Fix is such a fabulous site. Brendan gives us photos and a brief write-up about a place he once wrote off: “Have you been somewhere lately that has successfully reinvented itself? This experience makes me wonder where else I’ve written off that’s actually quite good.”
