Javier Sanchez

Events Reveal a Community at its Breaking Point

City
Last week, within three days of each other, two young women lay dead in the City of Española. Hardly anyone knows. Even fewer care....

Showing Love In Many Ways

Columnists
The other day, I got into my van after a long day at work. I put on my seatbelt and took a dramatic deep...

Go Forth And Make Mistakes, But Always Keep Shooting for the Stars

Columnists
We started a new adventure this week. We opened a new Española business — a restaurant Apple Valley Kitchen — to be exact.  With...

How Do We Escape the Eternal Recurrence of the Same?

Columnists
As I bring the series of articles about light and darkness to an end, I am reminded of the story of Prometheus.   When I...

Don’t Count on Change As Long as Candy Is Handed Out

Columnists
    Javier Milei was elected president of Argentina just last month. He ran on a platform of economic reform that included tying the Argentine...

It’s a New Year; Turn on Your Light and Feed Your Starter

Columnists
    Every morning I wake up, turn on the light, make some dark coffee, and feed my sourdough starter.       If you want magic. ...

This Christmas, Let’s Take a Little Humility and Put the Pieces Together

Editorials
    The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. It represents long and cold nights. It symbolizes darkness...

Education is the Key Ingredient To Improving Our Lot in Life

Editorials
  Whether you are the son or daughter of an immigrant or a hard-working parent who has lived in the Valley their entire life,...

How to Improve Our City and Get Out of the Negative Mindset

Editorials
Sometimes we’re poor because we lack adequate opportunities.   Sometimes we’re poor because we don’t work hard enough.   And sometimes we’re poor because we keep...

Opinion: How Do We Overcome the Mijito Syndrome in the Valley?

Columnists
My dad was worried. “If something happens to you, we don’t have the money to get you out,” I remember him telling me. “Don’t get...

Opinion: It’s Time to Talk About Why Española Was Ranked the Worst NM City

Columnists
Just when I thought all hope was lost. Just as I heard the dark words of Dante’s Inferno in the distant ruminations of my...

Teach Your Children to Show Compassion Toward Others

Columnists
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful little girl in a village deep in the valley far, far up north. With fair hair...
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