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Opinion: Israel, Other Countries, Highly Vulnerable

The population of Israel is about 10 million. This represents about half of the world’s Jewish people. The founding idea of modern Israel was to...

Opinion: Investments in Northern New Mexico Are More Crucial Than Ever

Over the past decade or so it has become fashionable on both the left and the right to call for America to be more...

Opinion: Motel, Office Building Conversions Hold Promise for Quick Housing

Of all the ballot items decided in the recent election, one of the most intriguing was Santa Fe’s proposal to tax the sale of...

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

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...

Opinion: Celebrities Come and Go; The World’s Problems Are Much More Permanent

I never saw an episode of “Friends,” but that is probably because I am from the television era that began with black- and-white pictures...

Opinion: Educating Kids in the Here And Now

SANTA ROSA, N.M. — Esports is a good example of what’s wrong with our world today and what the schools are doing right about...

Opinion: Perry’s Influence on the Stigma Surrounding Addiction

Pity the writer who, due to a snippet of conversation 10 years prior, becomes the fool left standing when the man he challenged to...

One Woman Tackles Robocall Scams

Barbara Mohon is my new hero. This Santa Fe lady, a retired dental hygienist, took on the junk callers who pestered her daily and won...

Teach Your Children to Show Compassion Toward Others

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

Opinion: America’s Identity Found in Shared Values

When George Washington became this nation’s first president, it was a fractured nation. Even more than we are today. The “revolution” that America had just...

Opinion: New Mexicans should Choose the Vehicles that Work for Them

An unelected board called the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) is currently accepting public comments to determine whether New Mexicans have the freedom to move...

Opinion: War in Ukraine, Tweet by Tweet

Some time ago, I noticed a change in my Twitter (now X) feed that apparently reflected an uptick in what other people were following....

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