Let the Mexican Truckers In

It’s been 15 years since the North American Free Trade Agreement became law and, while the agreement has been extremely helpful for Canada, Mexico, and the US alike, political opposition has stalled a few key provisions including the legalization of Mexican truckers in the US. While there is a lot of ongoing angst about immigration, [...]

Gutsiest Opinion Piece Ever

A state employee named Charles R. Ferguson had what may be the most courageous opinion piece I’ve ever seen in the Albuquerque Journal today.
The piece is fantastic, but the money quote is “Just think about this: if you walked into a business and demanded money from them, and told them to pay up or go [...]

Pay Your Dues or Lose Your Job!

The headline in today’s Albuquerque Journal (subscription required) says it all: “Union to State Workers: Pay Up.”
According to the story, “last month, the State Employee Alliance-Communications Workers of America sent letters to nearly 500 employees saying they faced termination proceedings unless they began paying dues.” The story went on to note that “employees covered by [...]

George Will takes on union coercion

The US Supreme Court recently ruled against the Washington Education Association’s efforts to levy fees on public employees who choose not to join a union but are represented by the union in collective bargaining. George Will explains that had the Court ruled any other way, it would have allowed labor unions who have been unable [...]

Whole Foods, a monopolist?

Whole Foods recently struck a deal to purchase rival organic grocery Wild Oats. No big deal, right? It is a very big deal actually if you work for the Federal Trade Commission and you believe that consumers must be protected from a “monopoly” in organic grocery stores.
Leaving aside the debate over whether federal intervention to [...]

Why Prosperity Stops at New Mexico’s Border and How to Fix it

Although the focus of this great new book is about the relative absence of prosperity in West Virginia, it could just as well be about New Mexico. The book is receiving lots of attention in WV. Maybe we could get the authors to write about New Mexico too, since it ranks right down there with [...]

FCC Head Wants to Make Cable More Expensive

The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin, has waded into the debate over so called “a la carte” programming on cable television. What is “a la carte?” Essentially, the FCC wants to mandate that cable companies offer consumers the choice over what programming they do and don’t want to receive when they pay [...]

The Left: Busily Trying to Regulate the Internet

I had the opportunity to listen in on a conference call hosted by Senator Byron Dorgan and others including Savetheinternet.org who want to regulate the Internet. The plan is to enact legislation known by the touchy-feely name “net-neutrality,” but what the term and the legislation these people support really would do is regulate to the [...]

Club for Growth Releases 2006 Rankings

The Club for Growth is one of the groups that not only advocates for real fiscal responsibility, but has the resources to hold Members of Congress accountable for their actions at election time. New Mexico’s delegation did not fare particularly well in their most recent congressional ratings.

In Case You Missed It…

Check out Rio Grande Foundation President Paul Gessing on KNME’s show “In Focus.” Gessing and the rest of the panelists discuss the use of eminent domain by the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Authority to take over the privately-run New Mexico Utilities.

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