The tunnel vision when it comes to the decision to create a safe, efficient and attractive crossing for pedestrians and bicyclists crossing St. Francis Drive between the bifurcated sections of the Railyard has nothing to do with the actual tunnel under consideration. Rather, it refers to the narrow scope of vision presented to the public.

When we face issues that affect society as a whole—such as alcoholism and drunk driving—we have a tendency to believe societal and regulatory responses will address what are essentially problems of personal accountability.

Robbed of the complacency of geography and the insulating filter of mass media—factors that manage to simultaneously sensationalize death and make it unremarkable—we feel the accident at mile marker 5 not as a headline from elsewhere, but as an inconsolable despair that will be forever contained in the collective consciousness of the community.

After the kids had finished their school-related camping trips, field days and locker cleanups, and once I stopped seeing blue (books) after grading exams, we decided to have what folks are calling a “staycation:” staying in a hotel and playing tourist in your hometown.
Like many families who consider themselves “locals” in a popular tourist destination, we’d been avoiding the areas that attract outsiders.

The City of Santa Fe’s Planning Commission took the proposed master plan for the Northwest Quadrant, turned it around, pushed it down on its knees and, without the courtesy of a blindfold, shot it in the back of the head. The master plan, despite the gang-style head wound inflicted by the Planning Commission, is not completely dead, but the notion of the City Council overturning such a dramatic rejection by the Planning Commission is almost certainly science fiction.

A letter from publisher Andy Dudzik

Santa Fe City Councilor Patti Bushee is running for mayor.

Either that or she’s fortifying her legacy. Her handling of the Northwest Quadrant is indication enough of either.

A wild rumor results in a proposal worth considering: wrest the Convention and Visitors Bureau from beneath the City of Santa Fe's micro-managing thumb.

Maybe it’s our fault for creating a history of elaborately themed parties for his older sister Poppy or for sustaining a Thursday-night ritual in front of CBS at 7 pm...

The construction we do on roads, bridges, and traffic and parking infrastructure is the least creative construction we do. And, grading on a curve that doesn’t include much creativity, that’s pretty bad.