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.
Rumors of Bill Richardson replacing Hillary Clinton exploded across the internet today and appear to have been started by a report from Examiner.com and have been falsely attributed to Washington Examiner — which is unrelated to Examiner.com — by Fox News, among other outlets.
Some security experts say the Obama administration is mischaracterizing the terrorist threat to get the public to back escalating the Afghanistan war.
According to Politico, the gubernatorial campaign of Lt. Gov. Diane Denish rented the campaign list of Hillary Clinton. Clinton, now Secretary of State, ran for President in the Democratic primary last year.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a case some say could lead to the overturning of campaign contribution limits on corporations. The decision could have far-reaching implications in federal elections. You…
You have to wonder if it rankles the former U.N ambassador and U.S. energy secretary that he wasn’t the guy in North Korea bringing the two journalist-hostages home. After all, Richardson has pulled off some legendary diplomatic moves before, including a few in North Korea.
Steve Terrell had the great catch from a very interesting New York Times Magazine article on former President Bill Clinton.
Anyone who reads my blog will know that I did not support Barack Obama in last year’s election, but that I was gracious in defeat and more restrained in my criticism than many conservative voices online. I was willing to give him his hundred days. Now he’s had them.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has named a special envoy to North Korea, and it isn’t Gov. Bill Richardson.
Before her confirmation hearings, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton replied to a set of written questions from Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) about specific regions and nation-states. The document provides interesting insight into how Pres.-elect Barack Obama will approach foreign policy.…
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Much has been made of Obama’s “team of rivals” selection of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. But little has been said so far about what impact this prominent feminist and health care expert could have on the lives of women in other countries. But women’s rights activists say they’re extremely hopeful about the changes that Clinton will bring.
The president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, blogged today about how she believes Sen. Clinton will improve the lives of women worldwide through her new job as secretary of state. It’s something that’s been almost entirely overlooked by the mainstream media:
As I’ve already reported, there have been a number of media reports indicating that Hillary Clinton‘s becoming secretary of state was likely or even a done deal. But The Politico says such talk is premature: Clinton…
Yesterday we asked how New Mexico’s senior senator would vote on Sen. Joe Lieberman’s fate. It turns out Jeff Bingaman voted along with most of his peers for a partial rebuke of Lieberman — but for Lieberman to keep his…
Sources are telling the Washington Post that Gov. Bill Richardson met with President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago today. If so, that appears to confirm whisperings making the rounds in recent days.
Richardson has long been considered a candidate for…
Of all the depressing statistics bedeviling our nation right now, here’s one that’s easy to fix: When the polls close Tuesday night, one in three women will have failed to cast a ballot. Jane Addams and Susan B. Anthony, two of the suffragists who truly suffered through the long fight to win women’s right to vote, will be shaking their heads in shame.
So you’ve had enough jabber about Sarah Palin’s lipstick? Political jokes about putting lipstick on a whatever? Lipstick talk, period?
Well, Palin may have lasted until the campaign’s final moments, but in the world of retail, Hillary Clinton’s lipstick lasted…
Buzzflash‘s Meg White has a beef with the (possibly premature) talk of a Barack Obama cabinet: Too many men’s names are being bandied about. (Sorry, Gov. Bill Richardson.)
So, they’re asking readers to submit their suggestions for the women…
With the 2008 election cycle entering its last week, today’s headlines reflect a bit of a slowdown in political activity. On a long-distance phone call, Sen. Hillary Clinton tells The Gallup Independent that Democrat Barack…
John McCain’s wife Cindy will join him for Saturday’s rally in Mesilla, the campaign announced today in releasing details about the visit.
In addition, McCain’s New Mexico campaign manager, Marta Kramer, confirmed in an e-mail what
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Sunland Park will be the site of Hillary Clinton’s Saturday rally for Barack Obama in southern New Mexico, the campaign announced Tuesday night in a news release.
The release stated that additional details will…
