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4:17 pm
Fri May 6, 2011

Valley Fever

Las Cruces – Las Cruces Sun News columnist Claudette Ortiz returns with our regular segment "The Age Spot." As she tells us, Claudette was out for a while due to an illness called "Valley Fever."

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4:11 pm
Fri May 6, 2011

War As Entertainment?

Las Cruces – Video games have become increasingly violent, like some other entertainment. Some thoughts on the trend from Las Cruces Sun News Columnist Claudette Ortiz.

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3:30 pm
Mon February 21, 2011

The Age Spot--Reflections Under A Gibbous Moon Legacy

Las Cruces – In this Black History Month edition of the Age Spot, Las Cruces Sun News columnist Claudette Ortiz reflects on race in America.

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5:43 pm
Tue February 15, 2011

Wild Ride

Hatch – My experience fighting my first Wildfire was eerily similar to my most exciting Combat mission in what was often called "Tony Blair's War"; suddenly nothing was going right in a high threat environment.

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4:38 pm
Tue November 9, 2010

Inside The Stories We Tell Each Other

Hatch – In this month's edition of The Age Spot, Las Cruces Sun News columnist Claudette Ortiz reflects on the sometimes coarse nature of public discourse in modern America.

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4:34 pm
Tue November 9, 2010

Back From Iraq

Hatch – On this Veteran's Day edition of The Age Spot, Las Cruces Sun News columnist Claudette Ortiz reflects on the wait for loved ones to come home from war.

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5:55 pm
Fri October 1, 2010

The Night The Grim Reaper Traded His Scythe

Hatch – In this edition of the Age Spot, Las Cruces Sun News Columnist Claudette Ortiz reflects on her personal experience of caring for adult parents.

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5:51 pm
Fri October 1, 2010

Meanshile, Back At The Dome....

Hatch – In this edition of the Age Spot, Las Cruces Sun News columnist Claudette Ortiz reminds us that some people have been "living green" for a long time.

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5:40 pm
Wed July 28, 2010

The Age Spot--How Our Attitude Becomes Our History

Las Cruces – In this edition of The Age Spot, Las Cruces Sun News Columnist Claudette Ortiz explores how our attitude becomes our history.

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5:39 pm
Wed July 28, 2010

The Age Spot--Peace Comes With A Full Belly

Las Cruces – In this edition of The Age Spot, Las Cruces Sun News Columnist Claudette Ortiz reflects on how peace comes with a full belly.

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5:42 pm
Thu July 8, 2010

If Only I Had Known

Las Cruces – Commentator Dennis Delaney reflects on life in the nuclear age, from the perspective of a scientist who brought horror to life and those who are living with its consequences.

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3:23 pm
Thu July 8, 2010

Arizona's Immigration Law

Las Cruces – Commentator Dennis Delaney's thoughts on Arizona's new immigration law, SB 1070.

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1:04 pm
Tue July 6, 2010

The Age Spot--Country Living

Hatch – In this month's edition of "The Age Spot," Las Cruces Sun News Columnist Claudette Ortiz has some thoughts on country living.

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5:10 pm
Thu May 20, 2010

The Age Spot--Tagging Along Behind Our Fathers

Hatch – In the month's edition of The Age Spot, Claudette Ortiz reflects on the special relationship she's had with her father.

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4:45 pm
Tue April 20, 2010

The Age Spot--Out Where Windmills Serve As Church Steeples

Hatch – Las Cruces Sun News Columnist Claudette Ortiz reflects on taking time to appreciate the diverse landscape around us...and the diverse group of people who live here.

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