My Turn
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‘May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants—while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine …
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By The Rev. Gary Kowalski
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3/16/17
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Dear World,
I’m feeling uncertain about this transition taking place in America. But I wanted to give you an update from my vantage point in rural New Mexico.
First and foremost, I do not …
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By Rick Haltermann
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3/16/17
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Recently I returned to Taos from Indiana. As I crested a hill on I-70 in northeast Kansas, I saw before me a military base that stretched as far as I could see, off to the north and west. I passed …
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By Artie Wolfe
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3/16/17
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I am opposed to the decision made by the town council to allow taller building codes for the coming Holiday Inn Express. I believe it sets an irreversible precedent that opens the doors to the type …
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By Bronwyn Taylor
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3/16/17
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The taking of mothers and fathers from children and deporting them is a serious, criminal form of child abuse. Many of these children, who are losing their parents to deportation, are American …
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By Joe Balsamo, For The Taos News
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3/14/17
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Herr Trump and his fascist administration are moving quickly toward realizing the nightmare that many Americans knew would take place once his regime ensconced itself in our nation’s capital …
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A drive through the Walmart, Smith’s or Albertsons parking lot looking at the parked cars tells the story about the three faces of Taos. You see the sleek black Mercedes S500 next to the nicely …
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By Donald Keefe
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3/9/17
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I want to give out a shout-out to our community hospital here in Taos County, Holy Cross. I had a procedure done there two weeks ago, and I have to give recognition to a lot of people for making it …
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V. Michael Young
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3/9/17
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Before the Anglos came, the Spanish people dug acequias by hand to carry water from the mountains to their fields. Before the Spanish people came, the people of Taos Pueblo diverted water to nourish …
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By Doug Bridgers
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3/2/17
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Critical access hospitals (CAHs) provide vital services in rural areas and often serve as the foundations of rural health care delivery systems. To improve care for patients residing in rural areas, …
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By Ira Vandever
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3/2/17
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Fake news has invaded the Taos paper in the recent political cartoon about the critical access designation for Holy Cross Hospital. I’m extremely disappointed in the cartoon’s total …
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By Paul Kamprath
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3/2/17
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The day we are born, we are given the two most important assets in life that we will ever receive. They are time and health.
It would be difficult to prioritize and evaluate which of the two …
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By Harold Timber
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3/2/17
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‘Who’ll be my role model, now that my role model is gone, gone?” (”You Can Call Me Al” by Paul Simon, 1986)
Many pundits have offered theories about why Donald Trump …
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By Yale Jones
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2/23/17
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Congratulations to the Taos News for its new humor section Favor y Contra in the Feb. 9 edition. The opinions are so crazy that you just have to laugh at ideas published in this section; or as a …
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The great philosopher Yogi Berra once said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” But it’s hard not to worry anyway. Of all the problems we face …
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By Richard McCracken
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2/23/17
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First, let’s stipulate: Our nation absorbed so many shocks that have come so rapidly in recent weeks that what’s seemed real a few days ago may have been upended by developments even …
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By Graham Sudbury
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2/23/17
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New Mexico is currently 50th in the nation in education and 77 percent of New Mexico fourth graders are not proficient in reading — with 79 percent of the eighth graders not proficient at …
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Dear friends, it has been a while since I wrote an uplifting column. A while since I wrote about the good we can do to each other, especially those we have never met and most likely will never see …
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By Ana R. Klenicki
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2/23/17
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You might not have known this, but New Mexico’s taxpayers have consistently been robbed of millions of dollars a year in oil and gas revenue by a wasteful system that allowed companies to vent …
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By Gabriel Romero
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2/16/17
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Three years ago, when my wife and I decided to move to Taos from New England, we chose to do so with eyes wide open. Although entranced by the gorgeous sunsets, friendly people and exquisite food, …
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By Daniel A. Brown, For The Taos News
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2/16/17
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I am waiting for the hateful to unclench the tight fists of their hearts. Waiting for us to stop yelling at each other. And to start listening.
These days both sides take less pleasure in winning …
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By Iver Arnegard, For The Taos News
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2/16/17
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I am grateful for the recent actions as it finally got the attention of the people to question the happenings at town hall. People need to ask themselves if the cancelling of cable and the Taos Live …
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Like many New Mexicans, Taoseños enjoy and appreciate public lands. We cut firewood, gather pinyon nuts, hunt, fish, hike, ski, mountain bike, raft, birdwatch, graze cattle and more. But now, …
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By John Miles, For The Taos News
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2/16/17
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Last week, the University of New Mexico’s acting president, Chaouki Abdallah, issued a special communication to the campus community in response to President Trump’s executive order of …
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By Dr. Martinez "Marty" Hewlett
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2/9/17
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Hillary Clinton was right about one thing in 1998 when she told Matt Lauer there was a vast right-wing conspiracy against her husband “since the day he announced for president” in October …
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By Barbara Scott
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2/9/17
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