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 appeared on the satirical news show Colbert Report and spoke about his belief that marijuana should be legalized and taxed.
When host Stephen Colbert asked Johnson if he was high at that moment, Johnson responded, “I’m high being on this show.”
Johnson has repeatedly said that he no longer smokes marijuana, but still believes that it should be legal.
Colbert also questioned if New Mexico was the “good Mexico.” With a response that many New Mexicans have had to make before, Johnson said that it was “the United States of America.”
Most of the conversation, however, focused on the fact that Johnson wants to legalize marijuana.
When Colbert began to ask about whether Johnson would make a 2012 presidential run, Johnson asked, “How could that possibly be? I’m here espousing the legalization of marijuana and harm reduction strategies regarding all the other drugs.”
Colbert said it was just more proof that Johnson was “burnt right now.”
