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The naked truth about the on-line underwear caper

20. June 2013

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By James Burbank

I was absolutely taken aback when one of my many detractors told me in a recent e-mail “NOBODY CARES” that our distinguished gov. paid no Gross Receipts Tax on her on-line purchases.  This individual, who shall forever remain nameless and faceless, advised me to in his words, “Get a life.” I refer, of course, to one of my previous pieces in which I tsk, tsked the illustrious governor of our state for not paying Gross Receipts Tax on her on-line underwear purchases...

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Insight New Mexico - Cecilia Portal

20. June 2013

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By V.B. Price Insight New Mexico - Cecilia Portal

V.B. Price talks with Cecilia Portal, photographer and former Guggenheim Fellow, about her new work, "Documented," and about the experience of the immigrant.

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A Gang of 12 and Alleged Femicide in Ciudad Juarez

19. June 2013

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By Frontera NorteSur A Gang of 12 and Alleged Femicide in Ciudad Juarez

Frontera Norte Sur recaps the first round of court appearances in a case against 12 Ciudad Juarez residents accused in the mass disappearance and murder of girls and young women.

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A Kerfuffalo or a Genius Idea?

18. June 2013

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By James Burbank

I have always known that there is one unshakeable truth given to us by God: thin people damn well deserve to get ahead because the almighty has made skinny folks supremely more qualified, more talented, more perceptive, more articulate and more blessed than fat people who are ill-suited for the rigors of a life in which we all have to scurry about as quickly as possible.

Now I have living confirmation of the living truth of my insightful prejudgment thanks to self-styled “idiotic” and impulsive” UNM Psych. Professor, Dr. Geoffrey Miller, who so wrongly beats himself up over a little on-line kerfuffalo he made...

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Hunger in New Mexico

18. June 2013

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By Lance Chilton

More bad news for kids in the Land of Enchantment.  Not only is New Mexico the second worst state in which to raise your children (thank God for Mississippi!) according to Kids Count, but it’s the absolute worst in food security.  Maybe we need a Department of Homeland Food Security – we’re not doing very well at protecting our children.

Food insecurity is a term that replaces “hunger,” perhaps a euphemism, but more descriptive of families that at least some of the time don’t know where the next meal is coming from...

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What’s happened to ABQ? Part 5: Rio Grande Vision- Nature center or amusement park?

17. June 2013

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By V.B. Price

The Rio Grande Vision plan for “improvements” to the Middle Rio Grande Bosque breaks continuity with the long and illustrious history of citizen activism to preserve riparian habitat and allow residents to refresh themselves in a natural setting and observe wildlife without disturbing it.

Modeling itself on duded up urban rivers in Texas and other places, the Vision seems to have overlooked completely the ideal model right under its nose – the Rio Grande Nature Center, a masterwork of architecture so inconspicuous and respectful of its place that birds and other creatures have no fear of us when we’re visiting...

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Insight New Mexico - Alfredo Corchado

13. June 2013

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By V.B. Price Insight New Mexico - Alfredo Corchado

This week V.B. Price talks with Alfredo Corchado, Mexico bureau chief for the Dallas Morning News, and author of the recently published "Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter’s Journey Through a Country’s Descent into Darkness."

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Leave Mount Taylor in peace

13. June 2013

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By V.B. Price

There’s something particularly ugly about the proposed new uranium mine on Mount Taylor west of Albuquerque. If past history is any indication, it will leave this sacred site littered with mining debris and contaminated water. And it will probably sell the uranium to China and India, the biggest uranium markets in the world, ruining a local place to make some people an international fortune. This will truly amount to ill gotten gains...

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Inform yourself

11. June 2013

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By Margaret Randall

Inform yourself. The responsibility of every good citizen.

But how?

Way back in a time before the Rabbit Hole opened up and we all passed into that other world where up is down and in is out, it seemed simple. You bought a morning newspaper or listened to the evening news. You thought you were getting the information you needed because you believed your government, church, even the corporations urging you to buy, wanted you to be informed.

It’s been a complex and highly sophisticated road from there to here...

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Whole Foods Stinks

11. June 2013

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By Eric Garcia

El Machete

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