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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 Ross Douthat

I want punditry that challenges my bias

By | 05.08.09 | 3:15 am

It is reassuring to read political commentary with which I agree and watch cable TV pundits whose biases I share. Reassurance, however, can be a tender trap; conversely, challenges educate.

NYT hires youngest ever conservative columnist

By | 03.12.09 | 6:12 am

Ross Douthat, (pronounced DOW-thut), a 29-year-old writer and editor at The Atlantic, has been hired to replace Bill Kristol, who left the New York Times one year after his opinion pieces began appearing in the paper.

“[Douthat's] writing steers away…