I love history, but I am by no means a historian. However, I do believe in the adage, “history repeats itself.” After watching much of the Senate impeachment hearings this week, I applaud Jamie Raskin and the impeachment managers for presenting concrete evidence that Trump did incite the storming of the capital on January 6….
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Carol Harrisville Young has a PhD in Anthropology, a BA in Anthropology and Art, and an AAS degree in Veterinary Technology. My passions are reading and writing, and I’m setting out on a new journey to embrace freelance writing, web content creation, non-fiction writing, fiction short stories, and works of young adult fiction.
Oil and Gas Revenues in New Mexico Have Been Declining for Years: Clean Energy is What New Mexico Needs, not Dutch Disease
In late January, the Biden administration announced the suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for US lands and waterways for 60 days as part of a Department of the Interior review. This move follows President Joe Biden’s campaign pledge to halt new drilling on federal lands and end the leasing of publicly owned energy reserves…
Is the GOP the Party of Small Government? Not Really…
One of the more popular stances among GOP candidates in my own home state and those in other areas of the US is that state and federal governments have too much power. GOP legislators, such as my district’s own New Mexico state Senator Gregg Schmedes, claim they’re champions for small government, and that in the…
Racism and Guns: White America’s Gun Obsession
I’m a white woman, and I own a gun. My husband is retired military, and was a firearms and safety instructor for the Navy, and he has made it a point to teach me everything I need to know about gun safety. We enjoy target and clay-pigeon shooting, and although I’m not a hunter, I…
White Supremacy goes to Washington
On January 6, I watched in horror at the image of Kevin Seefried of Delaware marching through the halls of the US Capitol with a confederate flag. Never before in the history of our nation has that flag even come close to the steps of the US Capitol, and just last week, over 150 years…
Trump’s “Capitol Putsch”
This week has been definitely one for the history books. It started off great on Tuesday and early Wednesday with historical wins for Democrats Ossoff and Warnock, the first Jewish and African American candidates (respectively) selected by the state of Georgia to serve in the US Senate. Then by Wednesday afternoon, things descended into mayhem and chaos. Trump’s “Save America Rally” earlier that day was the…
All the kings horses and all the kings men….
We’re all familiar with the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme, and I can’t help but think that it describes the current state of POTUS Trump, with only 18 days to go in his presidency. Like the king in the story, Trump’s supporters are trying like mad to cover up the cracks, to continue the false narrative…
Is it too late?
As I write this, we have 24 days until Joe Biden’s inauguration. It can’t come soon enough, but does that mean that democracy in the US will be in the clear? Is it too late for us? A group of Republicans still plans to challenge Biden’s Electoral College Victory on January 6, and we are…
It’s not really about voter fraud, it’s about undermining democracy
Earlier this week, the Trump campaign filed a lawsuit over New Mexico’s use of voter drop boxes, which were installed to limit crowding and to allow for social distancing amidst the pandemic. Originally the New Mexico GOP wanted video cameras installed to monitor drop boxes, but that request was struck down last October by a judge after Secretary…
The seeds of doubt…
“And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do what you please.” – Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt, noted philosopher and political theorist,…