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.
Santa Fe New Mexican politics reporter Steve Terrell has a blog post today that concludes the grudge between the Clintons and Gov. Bill Richardson is still going strong.
And in more governor blog news, the Las Cruces Connection discusses the current campaign moves made by GOP Governor hopeful Greg Zanetti. He started laying the groundwork in Las Cruces yesterday to begin his work toward gaining his party’s nomination for the 2010 gubernatorial race.
Always a topic of interest: What is the future of media? Tracy Dingmann of Clearly New Mexico highlights a few projects that give her hope for the future of journalism and gives the rest of us a pretty cool blog for the present.
In other blogger news, Peter St. Cyr covers Virgin Galactic’s successful rocket motor testing. Still in their first phase of testing, Virgin Galactic expects to begin launch flights from Spaceport America located in Southern New Mexico as early as 2010 for $200,000 a ticket — round trip, I’m hoping.
And if space travel isn’t science fiction-y enough for you, Julia Goldberg posts her thoughts on how and why “Terminator 4 Needs Salvation.” It’s a good lunch-break read, or whenever your boss isn’t looking over your shoulder.
