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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.

Posts Tagged Roe v. Wade

Kagan’s stance on abortion hard to detect

By | 05.11.10 | 12:18 pm

Everybody wants to know what Obama’s Supreme Court pick, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, thinks about abortion. And right now at least, everybody is pretty disappointed. That’s because Kagan, who has never served as a judge (despite being nominated by President…

Unborn child was one breath away from law’s embrace

By | 06.09.09 | 2:02 pm

Whether Mariano Leyba Jr. is convicted of two murders or three might not affect his sentence, but the idea that a baby who is fully developed and clearly viable is, legally, a non-entity is disturbing.