David Fryxell, publisher of the Desert Exposure, has an editor’s note in this month’s issue that caught my eye. Fryxell writes about bloggers and other “amateurs” and their responsibilities to readers. Fryxell also talks about things he’s learned as a journalist during the past 30 years. Now, I’ll be honest: I’ve only been a journalist [...]

Heath Haussamen, that enterprising independent reporter/blogger down in Las Cruces, has been online for one year: This site made its debut on March 20, 2006, with an article about former state Rep. William “Ed” Boykin’s plan to drop out of the race before the November election. [...] At the time, I was still a reporter [...]

I was a guest this weekend on the Insight New Mexico radio show, hosted by Eric Griego and produced by Suzanne Prescott. Unfortunately, the Albuquerque broadcast doesn’t quite make it to our neck of the woods. You’re lucky, however, because they’re podcasting the show too! You can download a copy of the show here (guests, [...]

to be outraged about: The word “scrotum” does not often appear in polite conversation. Or children’s literature, for that matter. Yet there it is on the first page of “The Higher Power of Lucky,” by Susan Patron, this year’s winner of the Newbery Medal, the most prestigious award in children’s literature. The book’s heroine, a [...]

The usually insightful Clay Benntt, at the Christian Science Monitor. Josh Marshall has some incredible insights of his own, regarding Bush Co. attempts to mislead us into another war cook the intelligence again prove Iran is supplying arms to our enemies in Iraq: Now, given the black market traffic in arms in Iraq right now, [...]

Looks like our friends up north went and bought themselves a domain: I think that a community blog can be a great addition to our little corner of the lefty New Mexico blogosphere.  There are great bloggers out there, from the ladies at M-Pyre to Burque Babble to Democracy for New Mexico.  But I’m sure [...]

I mentioned KFM yesterday, but I feel like copy and pasting this entire post: That’s the problem, as always – the peasants are revolting. Now that blogs have given them a publishing voice, why the national discourse is destroyed. When Judith Miller corrupted the New York Times in order to print lies about WMD’s and [...]

We’re all better off because of it!

I was happy to hear the news that my friend Amanda (of Pandagon fame) will be running the blog for the John Edwards campaign. She lays out a good case for the move, and for her support of Edwards, and I wish her nothing but the best. Amanda will be a huge asset to the [...]

Is it just me, or has Julia Goldberg been tearing up the blog pages lately? I don’t know if it was her recent trip to the doctor or her vacation, but her fingers have been flying. She had three posts (1,2,3) today, three (1,2,3) yesterday, and was turning out steady content last week as well. [...]

The Daily Press will have our year-end wrap up of stories next week, but Heath Haussamen has his own take over on his blog: Scandal, Richardson’s influence shaped 2006 In New Mexico, 2006 will be remembered for two things politically – widespread scandal in both parties and at all levels of government, and the impressive [...]

Think Progress: John McCain has made clear that he doesn’t like the blogosphere. Now he has introduced legislation that would treat blogs like Internet service providers and hold them responsible for all activity in the comments sections and user profiles. Some highlights of the legislation: – Commercial websites and personal blogs “would be required to [...]