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.
Joe Monahan writes today that Mayor Martin Chavez has finally addressed the idea that Albuquerque is, in fact, in a recession.
Mayor Marty trusts that the city’s stimulus funding will decrease the unemployment rate. Joe also discusses relatives in office, with the longest-running pair as Ben and Ben Ray Lujan. Rumors that Papa Lujan is set to retire, after seeing his son make it to office, have been dispelled.
SFReeper.com, the blog of the Santa Fe Reporter, reviews a bill that would prevent former Guantanamo Bay detainees from passing through or being held in N.M. by the feds.
In another Reeper blog, there’s talk of “radicals and revolutionaries” in regard to the current economic situation, and some folks who are seeking to create a huge community garden in preparation for The Greater Depression that looms before us.
WhirledView posts a really interesting piece about a nonprofit (noncommercial) gallery exhibit. She reviews the idea of access and the politics of art galleries as controlled by more powerful organizations.
It’s a little bit of a slow news day, folks, as our friends at Wonkette have noticed. On this Presidents’ Day, our Wonkette links to the 2009 C-SPAN Historians Presidential Leadership Survey.
The survey’s shocking result? Abe Lincoln’s top ranking as America’s favorite president is unchanged from 2000. Least favorite prez? James Buchanan. I know, I know, where is W? He’s six spots up from the bottom, with more leadership (?) than Andrew Johnson, Franklin D. Pierce, William Henry Harrison, Warren G. Harding and Millard Fillmore.
So…he’s got that going for him.
NMI’s Danielle Bauer contributed to (read: wrote most of) this roundup.
