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.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, New Mexico is 44.4 percent Latino — a higher percentage than any other state. That’s clearly one reason the first Latino to be nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court is big news here.
But, of course, it’s not the only reason.
For this week’s episode of New Mexico In Focus on KNME, I sat down with three University of New Mexico professors — Margaret Montoya, Laura Gomez and Peter Kierst — as well as Bernalillo County DA Kari Brandenburg.
As you might expect, the aforementioned panel makes for a high-brow conversation touching on everything from the role gender and ethnicity play in the law to constitutional philosophy.
And if you still can’t don’t get your fill of New Mexico perspectives on the Sonia Sotomayor nomination, check out this story and this one that I wrote earlier in the week.
One final bonus: In this week’s installment of the Line, Gene Grant moderates a fine, wide-ranging discussion (touching on the Sotomayor story, but several others too) from this week’s big local stories. This week’s Line, well, lineup is as follows: UNM political scientist Lonna Atkeson, KKOB radio reporter and blogger Peter St. Cyr, Santa Fe attorney and ex-GOP congressional candidate Marco Gonzales, and Albuquerque Journal columnist Jim Scarantino.
Speaking of Scarantino, rumor has it that Scarantino’s next column in the Journal will delve into the mini-contraversy over whether or not Sotomayor is, in fact, the first Hispanic nominee to the nation’s high court. Or was it Benjamin Cardozo back in the 1930s?
Given Scarantino’s strong skills as an argument craftsman — he is a trained lawyer, after all — I would expect it to be a good read whether or not you agree with his conclusion.
