Over at the left wing FBIHOP blog, we at the Rio Grande Foundation are accused of believing that voters are “dumb” for voting, albeit narrowly, to raise the gross receipts tax to fund the Rail Runner. Of course, I never said that voters in New Mexico or elsewhere are dumb, rather, I simply argued in [...]

Nick Gillespie over at the Reason blog points out that with the automakers’ bailout practically a done-deal, the states and cities are using infrastructure investment to get their own “bailout.” Among the infrastructure items funding is hoped for: * a proposed “O’Malley Road Reconstruction” in Anchorage, Alaska, that will cost $30 million but provide 300 [...]

It is good to have fans. Check this letter out from yesterday’s Albuquerque Journal: I FIND THAT the blatant bias of Leslie Linthicum’s (columns) is becoming more and more intolerable. Her editorial comments do not belong on the front page where a portrait of the (columnist) becomes more noticeable than the actual content. … “Run [...]

If the current economic malaise makes you want to cry, check this Arlo Guthrie song on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out.

By and large, left-wing Democrats dislike privatization. After all, nothing illustrates the superiority of free markets and limited government like comparing the ability of free markets and the government to provide particular services. Government is so incompetent, however, that sometimes even those who are philosophically opposed to letting the free market work are forced to [...]

As we approach Tax Day, April 15, you should probably know that the IRS claims that paying your taxes is “voluntary. No, I know it is April 1, but this is not an April Fool’s Joke. A filmmaker and friend of mine from the Washington, DC area managed to get an interview to discuss the [...]

Last week I blogged an article I wrote for the Tribune about the generous subsidies being given to the film industry for them to set up shop in New Mexico. Now, I’m sure that part of the reason our political leaders have targeted the film industry is to burnish New Mexico’s credentials as a tourist [...]

Yesterday, the Rio Grande Foundation announced the results of our outrageous law contest. We got a lot of great coverage out of the contest including this story (click and drag New Mexico Strange Law box) that appeared on the October 16 10 o’clock news.

The Rio Grande Foundation, along with the New Mexico Alliance for Legal Reform, is offering cash rewards for anyone who “turns in” the craziest laws whether they be statewide or city/county here in New Mexico. Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White is the honorary chair of the contest. More information including instructions for submitting your entries [...]