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.
Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson will appear on the Colbert Report on May 10. The appearance, which Johnson announced on Facebook, is part of a media blitz that many believe is a prelude to a presidential run in 2012.
“If you have never seen the Colbert Report, I’d get ready to watch a very interesting discussion,” Johnson said on Facebook. “Speaking with Stephen Colbert will be nothing short of an exciting time!”
Some politicians have found that appearing on the comedy program hasn’t been a good move for their image. In 2007, then-Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., warned Democrats to stay away from the program. Emanuel, now President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, was the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, a group tasked with electing and re-electing Democrats to Congress.
“He said don’t do it … it’s a risk and it’s probably safer not to do it,” said Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., told The Hill. Cohen ignored the advice and appeared on the show anyway.
