Things are “looking up” at the VLA
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” I’m...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | Apr 18, 2024 | Columns | 0
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” I’m...
Read Moreby Russell Huffman, El Defensor Chieftain Asst. Editor | Apr 11, 2024 | Columns | 0
A woman in Las Cruces, New Mexico, faces multiple charges after obtaining tire repair items and...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | Apr 11, 2024 | Columns | 0
It hit me last Friday morning when I was doing my taxes. I have come to the realization that I...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | Apr 4, 2024 | Columns | 0
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been seeing and hearing somebody or another on TV talking about...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | Mar 28, 2024 | Columns | 0
My birthday was last weekend. It was one of those birthdays that end with a five, which rhymes...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | Mar 21, 2024 | Columns | 0
It seems like every time March rolls around, I get the itch to get moving—get bouncy and hop out...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | Mar 14, 2024 | Columns | 0
Have you noticed? Change is in the wind. And it’s not only tumbleweeds. With trees turning green...
Read Moreby Jessica Carranza | Editor | Mar 7, 2024 | Columns | 0
I spent the summer when I turned 21 working on a farm on the Pahoa side of the Big Island. My living quarters were a small, framed hut with walls made of netting, and my diet consisted of breadfruit, bananas, eggs, avocados,...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | Mar 7, 2024 | Columns | 0
Come gather ‘round people in this time zone And admit that the winter around you has flown And accepting that soon you’ll awake with a moan You’re losing one hour not saving For the clocks, they are a-changing. Sorry about the...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | Feb 29, 2024 | Columns | 0
Here I go again, revealing my Luddite tendencies, but I am awed day after day at how technology...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | Feb 22, 2024 | Columns | 0
In case you haven’t noticed, the Civil War is not over. Last weekend, the Yanks and the Rebs were back brawling it up once again at Escondida for the annual Commemoration of the Battle of Valverde on the east bank of the Rio...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | Feb 15, 2024 | Columns | 0
It was over 30 years ago in Santa Fe that I knew an authority on ancient wisdom teachings who once told me, “Forty is the number. If you abstain from something for forty days, you had it licked.” Time to give that a try. That...
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