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South High From South Park
p.c., LDS, and me
Stranger In A Strange Car
New People In Old Santa Fe
Toward the end of my New Mexico journalistic career, I had a run-in with a…
On Karma
Thich Nhat Hanh Other Buddhists
INTRO: One of the few Hindu beliefs that Buddhism carried from northern India in its…
The Courthouse Raid
June 5, 1967: Insurrection
Reies Lopez Tijerina, now legend, led the attack in Tierra Amarilla, NM. “God forbid,” he…
Trinity
5:30 A.M. July 16, 1945
The only color photo of the first nuclear explosion (c)…
Trinity Site
David Hawkins played out there as a kid
As a kid at La Luz, said the beloved MacArthur Prize philosopher, “We wandered all…
Hiroshima
Peace Park messengers
They were teenagers from Japan, summer students at the Shumei Institute near my home. It…
English As A Second Language
November, 1902
The chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on statehood got off the train, rode around…
The Forgotten Anniversary
August 18, 1846
It was the biggest thing ever to come down the Santa Fe Trail, and everybody…