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  • Sometimes keeping status quo takes a fight

    Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s descriptions of the struggle women faced in seeking equality were spoken in a soft, hushed tone of voice. Yet every word was audible as the 81-year-old justice relayed stories forged on the front lines of the struggle for equality. She was addressing a packed audience of 350 people at last week’s Women’s International Study Center symposium at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Santa Fe. Ginsburg, who managed to be a brilliant academic, litigant, wife, mother and judge before being appoi... Full story

  • Sometimes keeping the status quo takes a fight

    Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s descriptions of the struggle women faced in seeking equality were spoken in a soft, hushed tone of voice. Yet every word was audible as the 81-year-old justice relayed stories forged on the front lines of the struggle for equality. She was addressing a packed audience of 350 people at last week’s Women’s International Study Center symposium at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Santa Fe. Ginsburg, who managed to be a brilliant academic, litigant, wife, mother and judge before being appointed...

  • Military in Iraq again ironic

    link Robert Arrowsmith Publisher Oh, the irony. I try not to be political in my opinions, and am not going to try to be here, but oh, the irony. We listened for how long to the current administration and the blaming of the former president for what was done in Iraq. Our current president promised to end the war in Iraq as far back as 2008. And yet here we are; back in Iraq providing military support. My first question to David Stevens, our editor, was why not Syria? They are...

  • Military support in Iraq again ironic

    link Robert Arrowsmith Publisher Oh, the irony. I try not to be political in my opinions, and am not going to try to be here, but oh, the irony. We listened for how long to the current administration and the blaming of the former president for what was done in Iraq. Our current president promised to end the war in Iraq as far back as 2008. And yet here we are; back in Iraq providing military support. My first question to David Stevens, our editor, was why not Syria? They are...

  • Commentary: Time for a smaller spoon

    Kevin Wilson

    Less than a decade ago, a group of researchers took a few bowls of candy to the lobby of an apartment complex. Over several days, the researchers placed a bowl full of M&M’S on a table, with a spoon and a note that said, “Take what you want.” The bowl and note never changed, but the size of the spoon did. A similar process was performed with the bowl and Tootsie Roll candies; the amount of candy didn’t change, but the individually packaged sizes did. In both cases, when the spoon or the serving size was bigger, more candy w...