My Turn
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Taos County residents overwhelmingly approved a mill levy to improve the financial status of Holy Cross Hospital. CEO Bill Patten assured us the monies would fully benefit our community by upgrading …
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By Elizabeth Rusnell
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2/9/17
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One consequence of Donald Trump’s victory could be the end of the age of federal government and the beginning of the preeminence of states’ rights and state rule. And, inevitably, of …
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My mother was a French immigrant to the U.S. in 1939. When she died at age 27 in 1942, she was not yet a citizen, but rather classified as a “registered alien.” Involved in World War II, …
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Activism can be fun. Getting involved doesn’t have to become a suffer-fest. That’s one of my important take-aways from going to D.C. to participate in the Women’s March on …
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By Meg Scherch Peterson
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2/2/17
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My work takes me to many places around the globe including developed and developing parts of the world. Yet it is Taos that has captured my heart and is a place that I joyfully return to …
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By Lindley Edwards
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2/2/17
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A terrible tragedy that affects thousands of vulnerable children and adults in need of often lifesaving mental health and substance abuse treatment continues to play out in slow motion in New Mexico. …
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By Sen. Mary Kay Papen
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2/2/17
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‘Trust me! I’m, like, a smart person.” I think the last time I heard someone say that I was in seventh grade, but the leader of the free world said it a dozen times last year and …
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‘What threatens us today is fear ... our danger is the forces in the world today which are trying to use man’s fear to rob him of his individuality, his soul, trying to reduce him to an …
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By Bob Parker
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2/2/17
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How ironic! I just watched a PSA by the New Mexico School Boards Association, touting New Mexico public schools. It made glowing claims about our public school system that, if true now, may soon not …
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By Adele E. Zimmermann
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2/2/17
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Our brains evolved not to reason and ask why but to do or die. Unbeknownst to us, our brains perpetually scan the environment for danger. A car crosses the double yellow line on 518, for instance. …
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America claims to be the greatest nation on earth. But what makes us so great?
We say we are the land of liberty, and for much of our history we openly welcomed immigrants from other lands. …
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By Norm Ferguson
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1/26/17
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Be a citizen. Here are some considerations for the legislative session.
The death penalty is state sanctioned homicide. It is expensive and prolonged. There are, to my knowledge, no studies that …
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By Mike Jones
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1/26/17
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According to a recent NASA study on the state of water in the western U.S., we are in a “drought apocalypse.” The West is undergoing rapid desertification due to human caused degradation of the land. Land loses its water holding capacity when …
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Chris Pieper, Arroyo Seco
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1/24/17
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‘Maaruf, make sure I am always holding on to the stretcher!”
“Why Judah?”
“‘Cause if I am not, I am liable to be in some ditch somewhere.”
The delirium increased with every step of the march. I had snuck away from the army …
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Judah Botzer, Taos County
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1/23/17
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I am shocked and dismayed at the length people have stooped to in reaction to the President elect. The green neon signs displayed everywhere in the heart of our town are disgraceful, sexist, anti-God. Our children do not need to be exposed to this …
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Felicia Ferguson, Taos County
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1/20/17
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When Barack Hussein Obama was running for president in 2008, I swore that if he won, I would dance with joy on the shingled roof of my house. Fortunately for my wife and the residents of Greenfield, Massachusetts, I was stricken with the flu on …
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Political events of the last few weeks, in Washington and across the country, have demonstrated — almost beyond the imagination — how quickly our freedoms, our rights, our protections, and our democracy can be lost. Basic democratic concepts we …
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Catherine A. Horsey
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1/19/17
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The Taos News, in its Jan. 5 issue, reported on a proposal for Holy Cross Hospital (HCH) to change its status to a critical access hospital. Much of what was reported is true, but in some cases not the whole truth.
For example, the report stated …
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By John Plummer
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1/12/17
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It is important that everyone who reads anything I write does not misinterpret what I am trying to say.
In receiving messages from some people within our community, I realize some individuals are unaware that it is a legal human right to reply to …
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By Judi Cantu
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1/12/17
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On Dec. 16, 2016, my time as state director at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development came to an end. Little did I know when took this job in 2009 that there were great challenges facing New Mexico’s rural …
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By Terry Brunner
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1/12/17
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Not many people remember Dona Cleofas Anaya — who she was and where she lived. In fact, Anaya was my maternal grandmother who lived in El Prado over a century ago at the end of Lake Road. Her family home, which originally belonged to her parents, …
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By Novella Wheaton Nied
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1/6/17
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Nearly 30,000 Americans commit suicide every year. In the U.S., suicide rates are highest during the spring. (In Taos it’s the fall).
Suicide is the leading cause of death for ages 10-to-14 and the second-leading cause for ages 15-to-34. In …
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By Lisa Lehrer
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1/6/17
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Addiction to prescription opioid pain relievers and heroin is a growing public health epidemic that’s taking a heartbreaking toll on families and communities across the country. For years, without adequate treatment resources, communities in New …
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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
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1/6/17
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Secession might have originally been a mental game and a threat against deportation, but with the cabinet picks by President-elect Trump, it is becoming an increasingly viable option. The following independence referendum is about the right to …
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By George Schurman
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1/6/17
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A. Hart Allex, A.K. Stillman, Abe Martin, Adele E. Zimmermann, Alan H. Maestas, Alan Macrae, Albert Gene Hunsaker III, Albert Spungen, Alex Limkin, Alexis Rykken, Alfred Trujillo, Alma Lones, Amanda Bent, Ana R. Klenicki, Anita Rodriguez, …
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—Staff report
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1/5/17
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