Forbes says St. John’s College in Santa Fe is the state’s best
Forbes has just released its rankings for “America’s Best Colleges,” with four New Mexico schools making the magazine’s list of 610 colleges. Forbes rated St. John’s College in Santa Fe as the state’s...
View ArticleCan’t the scientists all get along? Nope UPDATE: More from Forbes magazine
I guess I was correct when, in a recent post about the Santa Fe Conference on Global and Regional Climate Change, I wrote “there are rifts in the scientific community – among scientists themselves when...
View ArticleHelping the environment is more than just feeling good about being green
Todd Myers wants a cleaner environment but thinks too much of the environmental movement is about feeling good rather than actually making the Earth a cleaner place. “Trendy environmentalism is taking...
View ArticleMilton Friedman’s 100th birthday
Noted economist Milton Friedman was born on July 31, 1912 and free-market and small-government advocates around the world are celebrating what would have been his 100th birthday today. If you’re not...
View ArticleNew Mexico tops Forbes list of “death spiral states”
It’s not exactly a No. 1 ranking that the state tourism board will be bragging about. Forbes magazine came out with a list of the states that have the highest ratio of people who draw money from the...
View ArticleChocolatier from Santa Fe runs for Lt. Governor — just don’t call him a liberal
Democrat Chuck Higgins announces his run for Lt. Governor, 1/15/13 A chocolate shop owner has dipped his toe into the New Mexico political scene, becoming the first announced candidate for the Lt....
View ArticleNM finishes fifth-highest in people moving from state
George and Weezie Jefferson may have been movin’ on up but, judging from a report compiled by United Van Lines, a lot of people have been movin’ on out of New Mexico. The moving company turns out an...
View ArticleZap! Taxes take a big bite from golf champ
THE TAX MAN TAKES HIS CUT: Phil Mickelson will take a 61 percent tax hit on his winnings at the Scottish and British opens. The good news for champion golfer Phil Mickelson? In back to back weeks, he...
View ArticleShutdown shouldn’t alter NM oil and gas bottom line for now
NO PAIN … YET: A suspension of federal permits for oil and gas in New Mexico is not expected to have much impact unless the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on for about a month. By Rob...
View ArticleObamacare court decision ‘potentially crushing’ for NM health exchange
COURT SETBACK: An appeals court in Washington D.C. ruled that the Affordable Care Act cannot extend tax credits to federal health care exchanges. By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE — An...
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