The Boy Who Saved Christmas Austin Foster Trumps War It’s easy to become cynical these days. No sooner had the voters spoken at the polls last month with force and clarity about [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Dec 21, 2006 Read More
The Quest For Health Care Reform How Insurance Companies Control Our Heath Care Last week, as it has each year for the past decade, the Center for Policy Alternatives, a progressive think tank in our nation’s [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Dec 14, 2006 Read More
The Cellar Door New Mexico's Lack Of Education Kay Monaco spent the past nine years conscientiously documenting New Mexico’s numerous failings. Last week, Monaco used her final appearance before an interim [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Dec 07, 2006 Read More
No Exit Will Our Troops Ever Come Home? A lot of the post-election discussion about Iraq has centered on when (not if) we should start pulling out our troops. John McCain [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Nov 30, 2006 Read More
The Never-Ending Campaign Now that the canvassing board has finished its accounting, the results of the 2006 election have been finalized and the victors at the [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Nov 23, 2006 Read More
Working The Pavement Campaigns Should Focus Less On Tv And More On Shaking Hands I went out Saturday morning to pick the daily paper off the lawn and take down my “Madrid for Congress” signs. It was, [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Nov 16, 2006 Read More
Stem Cells: Separation Of Church And State Public Policy Shouldn’t Be Based On One Group’s Perspective Two weeks ago, the governor announced he would seek $10 million in state funding to help the UNM Medical School pursue research into [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Nov 09, 2006 Read More
Lost In Static The Importance Of The Land Commissioner Race If you saw the Al Gore movie, An Inconvenient Truth , you probably came out of the theater wishing there were a simple [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More
Forget The Carrot, Whale With The Stick No Child Left Behind Is A Failure, And Those Who Voted Not To Fund It Should Be Held Responsible The first time we fall for the ol’ “bait ’n’ switch” tactic, we should justifiably feel angry at the con man who tricked [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Oct 19, 2006 Read More
The Mess We're In The State Of Our Border Control Isn't A Solution ... It's A Hypocrisy Last month I was invited by the New Mexico National Guard to see firsthand the deployment of Guard units from around the country [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Oct 12, 2006 Read More