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Opinion: Gerrymandered

Let’s be honest about the hypocrisy coming out of both political parties when it comes to gerrymandering. Both sides do it when given the...

Opinion: Identity Politics Could Destroy our Country

I am not a doctor, but I did listen in high school biology. Sex is not determined at birth. Sex is determined at conception. It is...

Opinion: Juan de Oñate is With Us Once Again

Recent arguments about Juan de Oñate have been long on emotion and short on historical perspective. Sadly, Marc Simmons, one of New Mexico’s most...

Opinion: Shooting Presents Need for Dialogue

Does a statue speak? What does it say, and to whom? To whom does the statue belong? These are questions raised by new twists...

Nikki Remembered

Lloronas, full moons and the season of balance. A time when we embrace fright, Friday the thirteenth and death. No one could have expected...

Opinion: Can Oñate Statue Be a Centerpiece of Reconciliation?

Early in 1991 Sonny Rivera visited me at NMSU in my capacity as director of the Latin American Studies program. He was sculpting a...

Opinion: What Game is Hunter Biden Playing?

What shameless act or felonious activity was not evidenced on Hunter Biden’s laptop? Racist attitudes toward Asians? Soliciting prostitution? Felonious use of drugs? Photographed...

Opinion: The GOP has Lost All Credibility on ‘Family Values’

The Republican Party, the party that for years has styled itself as the party of “family values” and “traditional marriage” has lost all credibility...

Opinion: Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Loses her Luster

SANTA ROSA, N.M. — Seldom is a governor’s second term as bright as their first term; the gubernatorial luster loses its shine for one...

Opinion: We Need to Stop Pointing Fingers — And Stand Up for Our Children

I've just completed military training in Sasebo, Japan. I took part in a significant exercise involving U.S. Naval sites throughout the Indo-Pacific region and...

Opinion: Revoking the U.S. Constitution Pushes us in the Wrong Direction

New beginnings have to start somewhere. Many times, we don’t know the first step to take. We’re either afraid or have seen too many...

Judge Sutin: Tijerina’s Raid Remembered

Who remembers over half a century back, when members of Reies Lopez Tijerina's Alianza Federal de Mercedes conducted their infamous armed raid on the...

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