From New Mexico’s Capitol Report:

Jonah Goldberg is witty and funny, articulate, incredibly well-read and really, really smart.

There’s really no need to read further!

But I should say that my reviews of my New Mexico trip are equally superlative. Even though it’s something of a welfare state in the desert, I love the food, the people and the climate. My primary host was the Rio Grande Foundation, which is fighting a sometimes lonely fight to remind residents of a state who disproportionately work for the government that free markets and property rights are the state’s best hope for the future. Thanks to RGF as well as the various co-sponsors for a wonderful, albeit too brief, visit.

On the reportorial front, I learned that Bill Richardson is not seen by the average voters of New Mexico as a bloviating camera-seeking gasbag. This was something of a shock to me, as I’ve long been flummoxed by his nigh-upon omnipresence on TV and by those who think he’s compelling in anyway. I learn more from the sound of my neighbor’s leaf-blower on Sunday mornings than I do from his “exclusive interviews” on CNN’s Late Edition. Apparently, Richardson has real charisma in person. The things you learn.