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.
Aaron Wiener of the Washington Independent writes today that Sarah Palin might want to refresh her knowledge of geography. In an interview with Katie Couric, Palin again points to her state’s proximity to Russia as evidence of her national security cred.
She offers, “As Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border.”
Wiener checks out the flight paths of major airlines to see if what Palin says is true: that Russian aircraft fly over Alaska on their way to Washington. Not so much, it turns out.
