Gessing: Is New Mexico Suffering From The Curley Effect?
BY PAUL GESSING
President
New Mexico Rio Grande Foundation
I recently came across a concept called The Curley effect. It has nothing to do with Larry and Moe. After some research I learned that The Curley effect, coined by economists Edward L. Glaeser and Andrei Shleifer, is a real concept in political economy. It describes how politicians use wasteful redistributive policies and divisive rhetoric to drive opposing voters out of a city (or in our case a state), thus securing their electoral base.
Named after former Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, it explains how leaders can maintain power Read More
Unitarian Church To Host Five-Week Program, Dying My Way: What Are Options For Me And My Family?
Unitarian Church News:
The Unitarian Church of Los Alamos is offering a free online five-week program to help community members plan for the closing chapters of their lives. It is a delight to have several expert speakers who will be presenting on various topics related to death and dying.
There is no charge for these sessions, but people are asked to please register ahead of time. Online sessions will be held from 6-7:30 p.m.
Participants may choose to come to one or all, but it is encouraged to attend all sessions.
Schedule:
- Thursday, April 2 at 6 p.m. – Presented by End of Life Options New
Daily Postcard: Beautiful Flowers Bloom On Grand Canyon
Daily Postcard: Beautiful flowers spotted blooming during a walk on Tuesday morning along Grand Canyon Drive in White Rock. Photo by VaLynn Purvis
Another view of beautiful flowers spotted blooming during a walk on Tuesday morning along Grand Canyon Drive in White Rock. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
NM Junior Foodies: Edible New Mexico’s Grassfed Smackdown 2026
Taco from Chef Danny Calleros of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing. Courtesy photo
Christopher and Chef Noah Scanland of Noah’s table. Courtesy photo
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
NM Foodies
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
If you want honest food criticism, bring a teenager. But not just any teenager.
My 13-year-old son is the kind of kid who experiments with sauces at home, studies restaurant menus for fun, and debates steak doneness like a seasoned cook. So, when we headed to the annual Grassfed Smackdown in Santa Fe, he arrived ready to evaluate.
Hosted by Edible New Mexico and the Southwest Grassfed Livestock Read More
Robinson: Hispanic Leaders Deliver Quick, Decisive Response To Cesar Chavez Revelations
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2026 New Mexico News Services
As astonishing as the recent Cesar Chavez revelations were the speed and decisiveness of the response. Within a day of the New York Times story revealing the legendary civil rights activist as a sexual predator, organizations cancelled commemorative marches and communities moved to rename streets and buildings.
No denials, no equivocation, no excuses.
In the context of other disturbing news right now, this one was hard to hear. For decades, the United Farm Workers leader was a voice for the voiceless. But he created a new class Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: March 23, 2026
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The State Game and Fish Department was stocking trout all across the state last week. The Winter Stocking Program in Southern New Mexico is still being done and more locations in Northern New Mexico are being stocked now. The Winter Stocking will end in March.
The Department stocked a total of 46,321 rainbow trout weighing 21,373 pounds. That’s over 10 tons of trout.
The weather has been unseasonably warm in Northern New Mexico this year. Fruit trees are blooming early and may get hit with frost.
Winter is loosening its grip, Read More
Dannemann: Republicans For Fair elections?
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2026 by Merilee Dannemann
President Trump is talking publicly about his plans to undermine the 2026 midterm election. I’m relieved. Why relieved? Because now that he is talking about it openly, we are also starting to hear about what’s being done, mostly by the states, to counteract those plans.
Trump demonstrated on Jan. 6, 2021, that he does not accept the results of any election he does not win. We know what he did then. Now he has nobody in his inner circle to restrain him and new loyalists who don’t care about the Constitution and apparently will do whatever Read More