Sniffling through bad hair days of Spring
Having come down with a garden variety of sore throat and a slight fever this week, I am not...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | May 2, 2024 | Columns | 0
Having come down with a garden variety of sore throat and a slight fever this week, I am not...
Read Moreby John Larson, El Defensor Chieftain | Apr 25, 2024 | Columns | 0
Some things about Socorro and its environs that just can’t be beat. I’m talking about those events...
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...
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