National politics
Health care debate ignores The Greatest Canadian
Submitted by Steve Harrington on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 23:33.We're hearing a lot about health care lately, but we rarely hear much about our neighbor to the north. Just how bad is it up there, anyway?!
Guns, films, and fame: how to stop mass shootings
Submitted by Steve Harrington on Sun, 07/22/2012 - 17:03.Now we have yet another mass shooting. Isn't it time we start to think about ways to prevent these things from happening?
Occupy Resides in Rural America, Too
Submitted by Dave Wheelock on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 21:22.After a long hiatus, the Pencil Warrior returns and weighs in on the Occupy Wall Street movement. You don't wanna miss this one. Trust us.
Another perspective on Bin Laden's death
Submitted by Steve Harrington on Tue, 05/03/2011 - 23:36.The War Resisters League, a national non-profit group which counts several Socorro residents as members, has issued a statement regarding the recent killing of Osama Bin Laden. It's definitely food for thought.
Declaring democracy on the American plutocracy
Submitted by Dave Wheelock on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 23:18.If corporations are "people" as the supreme court claims, then perhaps we do need a death penalty after all.
Fact, opinion, and self delusion
Submitted by Dave Wheelock on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 23:39.When talking politics, have you ever noticed how it's always "the other guy" whose facts are questionable? Well, at least until one day, when you look in the mirror and see the dreaded "other guy" staring back at you!
Could talk radio really drive someone to kill?
Submitted by Steve Harrington on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 02:40.Jared Lee Loughner's attack on Arizona Representative Gabriel Giffords has started a debate about vitriolic rhetoric in the media. But is there really any truth to the claim that vitriol on the airwaves could lead to violence?
A market-based solution for a market-caused problem
Submitted by Dave Wheelock on Tue, 01/04/2011 - 22:39.Can the "market" solve a problem that it created in the first place?
Michael Moore to post bail for Julian Assange?
Submitted by Harlan Lee on Wed, 12/15/2010 - 00:03.Somebody forgot to tell Michael Moore that he wasn't supposed to take democracy seriously!
The thought police don't want you to read this
Submitted by Harlan Lee on Thu, 12/09/2010 - 09:56.Big brother thinks you're not smart enough to know the truth. But now big brother and his corporate cronies think you aren't even smart enough to read an editorial from Julian Assange. We, on the other hand, trust our readers.
