I complimented Albuquerque Journal editors here for telling us October 2 that Lawrence J. Korb, author of an Op-ed piece published that day, was associated with a liberal think tank. I find that kind of ID useful and I suspect most readers do, too.
Today , however, John Dendahl - whose Op-Ed column calls for revision of the Endangered Species Act - is identified this way: "Lifelong New Mexican John Dendahl is a retired executive and political leader."
Now this isn't a huge practical problem - most readers know who Dendahl is.
But why not say Dendahl was chairman of the Republican Party in our state?
Or does the Journal intend to ID only liberals?
PS Dendahl also notes today that the New Mexico District Court upheld the right of Ralph Nader to be on the ballot. That was, of course, the correct ruling. State Democrats ought to be ashamed of themselves for trying to keep him off the ballot.
There is a right way to keep Nader from spoiling the election - steal his platform or much of it. That's what Democrats did years ago to Norman Thomas; the result was the New Deal.