Sunset provisions could curb emergency security laws
The piece argues for sunset clauses on new immigration and anti-terrorism measures to avoid permanent, possibly flawed laws. It notes bipartisan caution from conservative and liberal groups against sacrificing rights for security and cites the danger of indefinite detention proposals. Sunset reviews, as Yale's Bruce Ackerman suggests, would force periodic congressional examination.
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Washington
Congress
Justice Department
Bruce Ackerman
Yale University
Barricaded alley near Federal Building cited as danger
A reader criticizes the barricades blocking the alley behind the Federal Building claiming they hinder trash collection and create hazards for families and guards. The letter suggests moving federal offices to outskirts and renting downtown space to other businesses to improve safety.
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Federal Building
Bush
Episcopal Church
Florida
Federal
Record Western NM State Fair Sets New Sale Total
The Eastern New Mexico State Fair sales reached a new high of 69883 dollars, surpassing last year by 378 dollars. Lance Caviness’s grand champion calf sold to Coca Cola Bottling Co. representative Thomas Denton, and Mrs. Phelps Anderson’s grand champion rabbit sold for 700 dollars to Tinnie Mercantile Co. Bob Estes bought Jimmy Smith's champion capon for 400 dollars.
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New Mexico
Tinnie Mercantile Co
Bob Estes
Estes International
Jimmy Smith
Smithsonian catalogs past to shape modern view of America
The Smithsonian National Museum of American History releases a book Legacies by Steven Lubar and Kathleen Kendrick tracing collecting history. It links objects from spittoons and fobs to McLean House chairs and Ellington manuscripts with questions about what defines a past for future generations.
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Oklahoma
McLean House
Appomattox Court House
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses Grant
Duke Ellington
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History
Steven Lubar
Failures of N.M. politics
Albuquerque reports on court actions surrounding redistricting and the concealed handgun law. The piece notes Republican aims to defer redistricting to federal judges, potential state court involvement, and a mandamus suit challenging the Concealed Handgun Carry Act as unconstitutional under the state constitution. The overarching point is that courts must intervene when lawmakers err.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Gary Johnson
Legisla
Jors
Johnson
Minnesota
Grove
Ellison
U.S. Supreme Court
Jim Baca
State Supreme Court
Baca
David Campbell
New Mexico Department of Public Safety
Campbell
Ladenite Doctrines and Terror Tactics Examined in Crisis Analysis
The essay probes Ladenite promises of eternal rewards for inflicting mass violence, asks whether a formal order exists, estimates potential militant sizes by comparing Aztec sacrifices, weighs how a Ladenite act is graded, compares kamikaze motives, and questions overall strategy and limits of terror in pursuit of broader aims.
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Osama bin Laden
Narodniki
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Carl Hartman
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Kathleen M. Kendrick
John Steinbeck
Abraham Lincoln
Ford
Rhode Island
Samuel F.B. Morse
George Armstrong Custer
N.M
Bikinghan
THE
Phoenix
Anthropos
Russia
U.S
William F
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