Columns

The first of a two-part series.

There are some extremely harmful chemical insecticides, herbicides and other agricultural products unnecessarily being used today on our food, lawns, parks, roadsides and school yards.

Picture this: An Arkansas preacher and teacher have six sons who grow up, get married and have children of their own. 

As a child, I loved Thanksgiving! Turkey, yes! Stuffing, yes!  Pumpkin pie, yes! I relished my mom’s salad made with cranberries and orange segments mixed into Jello and then scooped into little tin molds.

There may have been mixed results nationally, with the Democrats winning the House and the Republicans increasing their majority in the Senate, but here in New Mexico, an indisputably blue tidal wave overtook the midterm elections.