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.
Clearly New Mexico’s Tracy Dingmann has the skinny today on a new report about the role of the blogosphere in media criticism. It’s definitely worth the read. The money quote, as highlighted by Dingaman, is about bloggers “crashing the gates traditionally kept by the so-called ‘legacy’ media.”
“Here comes the crowd, and in many instances, they’re not very happy and they have cheap global distribution for their thoughts. And you won’t like them when they’re angry.”
Meanwhile, on my own blog, Carter Bundy writes about why, in the context of his support for the First Amendment, he opposes enhanced criminal penalties for those who commit hate crimes.
Democracy for New Mexico’s Barb Wold writes all about Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor. The blog reviews her background, judicial track record, the confirmation process and much, much more.
Last: It’s not a conspiracy, just a wedding, but this photo sure will have them talking…
NMI’s Danielle Bauer contributed to this report.
