On the October 14, 2020 edition of Speak Up, Las Cruces, hosts Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel talked to State Senator Jeff Steinborn about his accomplishments and his views on a range of issues. (Kimberly Skaggs, Steinborn's opponent in the District 36 race was unable to appear due to a family emergency.)
I fear the unfortunate timing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death may break the U.S. Senate. It is, perhaps, the inevitable culmination of a battle between Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid that started years ago, where every time the majority changed, so did the rules. About the only thing left protecting the minority party is the filibuster rule, and its days may be numbered. With his term as majority leader in danger, McConnell is rushing to get Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to the Supreme Court before the election. To do so, he has changed the rules established four years ago in declining to consider the nomination of Merrick Garland. Back then it was critical that voters had a voice. Now it is critical that they don’t.
Host MaryAnn Digman gives us a review of the latest information on Covid-19 as it effects our county, state and nation. In this edition, Mary Ann gives tips for staying safe during holiday traveling.
In today's program host Randy Harris interviews Dr. Tim Ketelaar, Professor of Social Psychology and Associate Dean of the Honors College at New Mexico State University. Dr. Ketelaar shares with Randy and our listeners, a rich evaluation of "political correctness" as influenced by tribal/ideological identity, binary thinking, and bias. The conversation explores how our cultural dialogue - indeed our culture - can be profoundly shaped by cognitive dissonance, identity protective cognition, and emotion-based reasoning.
Host Xolani Kacela has as his guest Jan Phillips who discusses her work as a writer, thought leader and spiritual teacher in the areas of creativity and mindfulness, her work with the Living Kindness Foundation, and how people can put their spirituality into practice and advocating for change.
![]() Lisa Lucca talks with Las Cruces' dynamic duo Hope Katz Gibbs and Cynthia de Lorenzi about Hope's magazine inkandescentwomen.com and the power of women to lift as we climb. ![]() Western New Mexico University history professor and award-winning author Bruce Wilson returned to the show to talk with Lynn Moorer about his book of historical fiction, No Place That Far, a spinoff of his previous novel, Death in the Black Patch, which interweaves actual historical events and genuine figures to trace the exploits of J. D. Hooper, a former Night Rider who terrorized Kentucky tobacco farmers and who is on the run after killing a man then masterminding a huge conflagration of train cars in Memphis. A greedy man who likes to hurt people, Hooper makes his way to El Paso, then Juarez, and carries out tasks for Pancho Villa and other real-life characters in his quest to avoid getting caught. He settles in Bisbee, Arizona where his encounters with a respectable widow and her 10-year-old son hint that his life may take a different course. On October 9, 2020, Walt Rubel talked to the two candidates in the NM Senate District 38 race - Carrie Hamblen and Charles Wendler.
We discussed the proposal for a New Mexico State Bank: proponents will explain the proposal and why they think it's great, opponents will question them and explain why they don't think it's great, and we'll get perspective from a gentleman involved in a credit union, two gentlemen involved in community banking, the current county treasurer and his electoral challenger.
Peter and Walt talked with Kevin Bixby, executive director of Southwest Environmental Center. They talked about the 4th Annual River Run and got into a deeper discussion with Kevin about wildlife conservation, from what that means, what it should mean, why it often doesn't mean what it should mean, and the crossroads wildlife conservation is currently at.
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