Rio Grande Foundation

Recent Articles

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  Thankfully, Anthony Fauci didn’t delete his emails like Gov. Lujan Grisham
  by Patrick M. Brenner
  June 11, 2021
  This article first appeared in The Center Square on June 4th, 2021. Anthony Fauci’s emails have been released, and they tell an interesting tale about the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. One particular email stood out to me from Fauci to Sylvia Burwell discussing masks. Within the body of the email, Fauci asserts that […]
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  CYFD’s “transitory” copout: the latest attempt to deny, defame, and delay
  by Patrick M. Brenner
  June 11, 2021
  This article first appeared in The Center Square on May 24th, 2021. As the far-left solidifies its stranglehold on all branches of New Mexico’s state government, more than ever we need an aggressive media and informed constituency to demand accountability in a system proven to produce abuses without. These abuses have never been more readily […]
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  RGF’s latest at National Review: Stagnant New Mexico a Case Study in Why Economic Policies Matter
  by Paul Gessing
  May 24, 2021
  The following appeared at National Review on May 24, 2021. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released population data showing how the population of America and its 50 states had shifted between 2010 and 2020. As has been the case for decades, Midwestern “Rust Belt” states overall lost representation, while fast-growing states in the Southwest gained […]
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  New Mexico Special Election Could Further Reduce Pelosi’s House Majority
  by Paul Gessing
  May 5, 2021
  The following appeared at National Review on May 4, 2021. Nancy Pelosi’s majority in the House of Representatives continues to shrink. The recent swearing-in of Republican Julia Letlow of Louisiana has taken the House Democrats’ majority down to 218–212. This means that Pelosi has a mere two-vote governing majority with which to push the Biden […]

Errors of Enchantment

Errors of Enchantment is the official blog of the Rio Grande Foundation that addresses public policy issues facing New Mexico.

• Did a judge just unleash a new era of energy prosperity in New Mexico?
  June 17, 2021 by Paul Gessing
  This week a federal judge (much to the consternation of radical environmentalists) voided the Biden Administration’s moratorium on oil and gas permitting on federal lands. The news so far in 2021 for New Mexico and the oil and gas industry had been mixed, but this decision, if it holds, could make 2021 a watershed moment […]
• MLG’s poor COVID 19 performance
  June 16, 2021 by Paul Gessing
  Gov. Lujan Grisham claims that based on its relatively high vaccination rate, she is doing a good job of battling COVID 19. The Rio Grande Foundation on the other hand has long held that Gov. Lujan Grisham has done a poor job of handling COVID 19. In fact, we laid out an alternative approach to […]
• Rio Grande Foundation Files Complaint with New Mexico Attorney General
  June 16, 2021 by Patrick M. Brenner
  The United States Federal Government mandates retention rules for private sector entities. This is prevalent in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Section 164.316(b)(1) HIPAA requires that organizations: “(i) Maintain the policies and procedures implemented to comply with this subpart in written (which may be electronic) form; and (ii) if an action, activity […]
• Scenes near Albuquerque’s Coronado Park
  June 16, 2021 by Paul Gessing
  Albuquerque’s homeless situation continues to spiral out of control while some “leaders” want to institutionalize “homeless” encampments around the City in yet another effort to make homelessness an even greater problem. Mayor Keller has also proven himself to be woefully unprepared to address the problem. Driving from I-40 to Downtown is one of the “best” […]