Frances Levine is the director of the New Mexico History Museum, which opens in Santa Fe on May 24. She also is a contributing editor to this month’s Museum of New Mexico Press book, Telling New Mexico, A New History. This is an extended version of an interview that appears in this week’s print edition, coupled with a review of Telling New Mexico.

Syndicated sex-advice columnist Dan Savage will be the guest speaker at the Human Rights Alliance’s March 28 Gayla. In addition to publishing “Savage Love” in dozens of newspapers across the US (including this one), Savage also has authored several books, including The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family and The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant. Savage is the editorial director of The Stranger, an alt.weekly newspaper in Seattle.

Dry your tears Santa Fe barflies. Yes, WilLee’s is closed, but it will be re-opening in March with a new name, new owners and a new vibe that harkens back to old-school Santa Fe.

A month by month recount of 2008's political slugfest.

Voters will be asked to weigh in on five amendments to the state constitution on the Nov. 4 ballot. As per usual, the amendments are poorly worded and potentially confusing. Our recommendations are ba

County Regional Transit Gross Receipts Tax QuestionSFR Pick: ApproveSanta Fe County voters are being asked to approve a 0.125 percent tax increase for the operation and capital-improvement costs for t

As a so-called swing state, New Mexico’s five electoral votes could be very important come election day. And from the calls we’ve been getting, it seems as though many of you are ready and anxious to cast your ballots. That’s why, in response to numerous requests from readers who wanted more information on the lower-ballot issues, we are publishing our endorsements ahead of election week for the first time.

It will come as little surprise to our readers that The Santa Fe Reporter endorses Democrat Barack Obama for president. We also endorsed Obama in the February, 2008 Democratic presidential caucus, writing then: “The choice of Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee would signify a turning point in the leadership of this country, one that is long overdue, one that should not, cannot, be put off any longer.”

Web extra: Listen to Tom Udall discuss the issues in a telephone interview with SFR Editor Julia Goldberg: Tomudall.com Republican Pete Domenici’s retirement from the US Senate seat he has held

At 36, Luján is young and relatively green as a policy maker, but he shows every sign that he could develop into a strong leader for a district he knows and about which he clearly cares.