High-speed internet for homes and businesses in Native American communities has been elusive for the last 20 years. Elusive, that is, until no…
A few weeks ago, I was hiking on one of the beautiful trails of the Taos Ski Valley and enjoying the fall colors. I decided to go up to the ri…
October is National Long-Term Care Residents’ Rights Month, a time to not only call attention to the rights of residents in long-term care (LT…
I would like to take a moment to recognize how grateful I am for the high quality staff we have at our local hospital. It is my privilege to h…
Growing up in the 1950s, our New York City family observed the standard Thanksgiving ritual of going around the table and declaring what we ha…
Once upon a time, in a faraway land during the Age of Indecision, lived a young shepherd boy. He tended his family’s sheep half-heartedly ever…
I'm in the race for D3 County Commissioner. My platform is Self-fed 2030, that we'll grow our own food. I'm proposing Self-fed 2030 Clubs form…
The Nov. 8 election felt like a referendum on reality. After all, it’s not exactly logical to ask people to vote for you, then repeatedly tell…
Pundits who focused on Democratic versus Republican battles before the election missed the real story — that fairly drawn voting maps boosted …
A few weeks ago, I was hiking on one of the beautiful trails of the Taos Ski Valley and enjoying the fall colors. I decided to go up to the ri…
In 2000, on the cusp of the new Millennium, the late, great saxophonist Frank Morgan came to Taos to play a two-night engagement. He fell in l…
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has talked about the “so-called” Inflation Reduction Act. Sanders is right that taxation on corporations and the w…
For years, major corporations, service providers and government agencies have surrendered to the temptation to cloak their cost saving efforts…
For those of us geezers from the Baby Boomer generation, a constant debate is whether this extreme time period is worse than the tumultuous de…
Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society — especially over the news industry. Many ask if they have played a …
For years, major corporations, service providers and government agencies have surrendered to the temptation to cloak their cost saving efforts…
For those of us geezers from the Baby Boomer generation, a constant debate is whether this extreme time period is worse than the tumultuous de…
Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society — especially over the news industry. Many ask if they have played a …
The importance of our American wilderness areas has evolved despite many controversies and deserves enhanced attention now on the one hundredt…
Post-fire recovery should not be about quick fixes and band-aid solutions. Instead, it should be about embracing the notion that we can have a…
Taos weather is perfect for bicycles most of the year. Unfortunately, most of our roads are not good for bicycles.Whoever planned the road rep…
According to the Taos News [June 9, 2022], of the 20,887 registered voters in Taos County, 6,316 people voted – or 30 percent. In the state, t…
As the flames roared toward my home near Mora recently, I thought about the harsh reality we collectively faced. We can decry decades of fores…
