February 05, 2011
By: Ken Nicholson
Category: Human Rights, Sex, Society

Come see The Vagina Monologues
Rohovec Performing Arts Center NMSU-Alamogordo campus
Friday February 11 at 7:30 pm
Saturday February 11 at 7:30 pm
Sunday February 13 at 2:00 pm
Tickets $5 at the door or at River’s Web Strategy, 708 Granada Center off of 1st street in Alamogordo near the laundro-mat. 575-430-7543
Being a V-Man is recognizing that we men are privileged. This means that we men often claim the privilege of being the head of our households – that we men sometimes claim the privilege of making financial decisions at home. We are aware that men can claim a higher status than women. We are aware that if we are white, we can claim undeserved privilege over other races. Read the rest of this entry →
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July 31, 2010
By: Ken Nicholson
Category: Community, Philosophy
As a vocal and active card carrying progressive and a reluctant liberal Democrat, I receive almost daily political emails from my less progressive relatives and friends. Most of these emails are jokes poking fun at Democrats that I actually find clever and funny. Some point out actual stupidities and weaknesses of the target. I say, right on! Read the rest of this entry →
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June 10, 2010
By: Ken Nicholson
Category: Personal
You’ve had a school day canceled because there was half an inch of snow on the ground.
You know what an arroyo is.
Your high school’s name was a Spanish word. (La Cueva, Eldorado, Sandia, Manzano, Piedra Vista…)
There is a kachina somewhere in your home or yard.
You believe that bags of sand with a candle in them are perfectly acceptable Christmas decorations. Read the rest of this entry →
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May 31, 2010
By: Ken Nicholson
Category: Community
Marijuana causes a pronounced lack of violent tendencies, makes you hungry, and worst of all, it makes you giggle.
Side effects of a more serious nature are that marijuana can be a replacement for tobacco, alcohol, paper products, and textiles, causing depressed profits and even obsolescence in those industries.
But in its illegal state*, it is very profitable for the prison industry, dealers and drug smuggling gangs and cartels, as well as dirty politicians and law enforcement officers, to name but a few.
In its legal state, it could be very profitable to growers, crop inspectors, wholesalers, retailers, the tax payer, regular law enforcement officers**, and the US Treasury to name but a few.
*Its establishment requires basic intelligence and the ability to think outside your ticky-tacky little boxes to understand.
**The main danger for law enforcement is the violence caused by dealers and drug smuggling gangs and cartels.
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