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| Rob Nikolewski |
What We Can Learn From Tejanos y Tejanas
Kicking the Competitition Out of New Mexico
Our Contemptible Congress
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| Walter Williams |
Most people whom we elect to Congress are either ignorant of, have contempt for or are just plain stupid about the United States Constitution. You say: "Whoa, Williams, you're really out of line! You'd better explain." Let's look at it. Read more here:
Editorial: Colleges great, but out of hand
From the Santa Fe New Mexican.com - So was a collective veil lifted from lawmakers' eyes? Seems so; at a meeting of Legislative Finance Committee members Friday came a revelation that New Mexico has too many colleges. How 'bout that? Seven four-year schools and 18 or so two-year colleges later, legislators from both parties acted is if they agreed that something's got to be done about the soaring costs of public-supported higher education. B-b-but what can be done? Here we have all these colleges and universities, each headed by elected boards of trustees or governor-appointed boards of regents, all — or mostly all — providing educational service to a state sorely in need of it. As long as oil-and-gas revenues were rolling in, representatives and senators from one end of the state to another made it a point of pride to say he or she wrangled this or that many millions during the legislative budget sessions. Now, through little fault of the colleges, the money supply has gone dry. But because so many 
boardmembers and administrators built so many academic empires, they and the Legislature face a grim reality. To the credit of pro-education, but fiscally realistic legislators like Sen. John Arthur Smith of Deming, there's at least a possibility that the next Legislature will take the least painful approach: budget-cutting where services are being duplicated. Read more
NM steps up as insurers curb policies for sick kids
From the New Mexico Independent - by Trip Jennings - Four of the state’s major health insurers plan to limit the number of new insurance policies they write for children with preexisting conditions, prompting the state to take action earlier this month to ensure youngsters potentially affected won’t go without health coverage. New Mexico threw open the doors of its high-risk pool to youngsters upon learning that the insurers were, in effect, largely walking away from writing new child-only insurance policies. The nation’s new health care law prohibits insurers from denying coverage to children under 19 with preexisting conditions, but insurance companies fear that means families with sick kids could sign up for policies right before extremely expensive treatments, leaving them with no choice but to cover the sky-high bills. Read more
Censorship Shovel: NPR Digging Deeper and Deeper
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| Mona Charen |
From National Review by Mona Charen - I appeared on the public-radio program On Point this week with National Public Radio ombudsman, Alicia Shepherd, and listened to her defend NPR’s firing of Juan Williams. NPR, the listener is invited to conclude, has no bias, but Juan Williams, a liberal with occasionally heterodox views, is too conservative for NPR. Ms. Shepherd was in an impossible position and seemed to know it. Right out of the box, she acknowledged that the “manner” of Williams’s firing — a phone call with no face-to-face discussion permitted — was wrong. The actual termination, she went on to assert, was completely justified. It wasn’t just what Juan Williams said on The O’Reilly Factor but a “pattern” of comments over the years. This was the “last straw.” Read more here:
Cradling Minnows and Kicking Family Values Part I
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| Rachel Pulaski |
“As the spouse of Terry McMillan MD candidate for State Representative District 37, I was saddened and disappointed at the content of the first mailer from Jeff Steinborn’s campaign. The mailer represents a weak personal attack, which is unfounded in the facts. My father passed away last Oct., and with the inheritance, I retired the debt in Nov. Because of the timing of the transactions, the escrow account was closed before the Nov. property tax was paid. When I was notified by the county tax assessors, I paid the taxes promptly. It is a sad sign of the times that political campaigns focus on tawdry personal attacks rather than open discussions of the issues. My hope it that in the future, Jeff Steinborn’s campaign will focus on the issues that concern New Mexicans; our poor economy, joblessness, high taxes, border control”. - Jodie McMillan
What type of man criticizes a bereaving daughter, especially on the basis of a 30 day late payment regarding a deceased father’s estate? Mr. Steinborn obviously has never been late making a payment on anything, at least one would think after making such a brutal and insensitive attack. I find this disheartening coming from our State Representative, it shows a serious disconnect with the general public and a blatant lack of respect for family values and privacy. Does he honestly think the citizens of this state care about a 30 day late payment? Since the recession, many New Mexicans have been late paying their bills or are having problems making their mortgage payments on time; some residents are even losing their homes to foreclosure. New Mexicans are suffering and struggling to feed their families, meanwhile Jeff Steinborn is mocking it. These are real issues Mr. Steinborn and not ones to be satirized.
Teague to Appear on NewsNM
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| Harry Teague |
Blackwell: More Respect for the President
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| Ken Blackwell |
From Townhall.com - President Barack Obama began his term with the highest of accolades in the press. Hardball host, TV’s Chris Matthews, felt a tingle go up and down his leg whenever Obama speaks. Newsweek’s Evan Thomas said he hovered over the nations, like “a sort of god.” All too soon, however, the President came crashing down, like Icarus in Greek legend. Young Icarus flew too close to the sun and the wax that attached the feathers to his homemade wings melted. Icarus plunged into the sea. President Obama may have gotten too close to those klieg lights. He senses it himself. “They talk about me like I’m a dog,” he complained recently. Actually, Mr. President, that’s wrong. Americans love their dogs. Read more here:
Praeger: Referendum Day
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| Dennis Praeger |
Next Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 is not Election Day. It is Referendum Day. It may be commonplace for commentators to announce that every election is "the most important election in our lifetime" or something analogous. But having never said that of a presidential election, let alone an off-year election, this commentator cannot be accused of crying wolf when I say that this off-year election is not simply the most important of my lifetime. It is the most important since the Civil War. Read more here:
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