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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

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…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

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…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

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.

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Health care is broken, but government can’t fix it

By | 06.16.09 | 11:26 am

Somehow, people have gotten the idea that medical care ought to be free. Our employers ought to pay for our insurance, and that insurance ought to cover every red cent we spend keeping ourselves healthy. Better yet, the government ought to pay for it. Why not? If public education is a right, why not health care?