It was the summer of 2007. I had arrived in Washington, D.C. a few days before the start of a summer internship with Senator Domenici and I had finished moving into a dorm at American University – my residence for the next few months. On my first day of the internship I made my commute…
Year: 2017
Nota Bene: 09.14.2017
“America’s Democracy is in trouble unless we put aside the political extremes and work toward our common goals.” – Sen. Pete Domenici in 2008 I. It is hard to travel anywhere in La Politica without meeting a politico who either interned or worked for the late, great Senator Domenici at some point in their careers.…
Albuquerque Needs a New City Council
The city’s website shows that from 2006 to 2015, overall crime in Albuquerque rose by 7%. Most shockingly, violent crime is up 19%. On August 12, 2016, KOAT-TV reported that Albuquerque is the fifth most violent city in the country. Even worse, on June 9, 2017 the Albuquerque Journal reported that Albuquerque leads the nation…
Nota Bene: We Will Never Forget...By Studying
I. I was a freshman at Las Cruces High School on 9/11/2001. The post cold war, Pax Americana had come to an end and all of our rose colored millennial lives were about to change; we couldn’t articulate it at the time but knew the dawn of a new geo-political struggle that began to ensue…