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.
Sitting in a restaurant in Las Cruces, Frank Gamboa became visibly upset when he heard Joe Biden say he hadn’t heard of any differences between the policies of President Bush and John McCain. “You haven’t been listening, you jerk,” Gamboa said, hoisting his fist in the air.
Well, Palin held her own and Biden kept a lid on it. Vice presidential candidates Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin both managed to avoid any disastrous screw-ups, which was pretty much all they were expected to do Thursday night.
In her series of interviews with Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin, CBS News anchor Katie Couric pressed both vice presidential candidates for their views on abortion and Roe v. Wade. (He’s pro-choice; she pro-life.) Couric also asked Palin about whether or not she supports contraception and the morning-after pill. But Palin’s answers in the Couric interview, and her past positions on these issues, have been contradictory.
In national news, Congress is scheduled to vote today or tonight on a revised Wall Street rescue/bailout plan. NMI’s Heath Haussamen has details about the NM delegations deliberations here. According to the Washington Post, “Leaders of the Senate,…
