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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....

Where Do We Go From Here?

Nothing. Nothing happens. Nothing but violence, senseless acts of violence. Certainly no remedies and certainly nothing that makes us feel like we’re progressing as...

Opinion: Aftermath of Barbarism in Israel Reveals a Global Amorality

One unexpected blowback from the medieval Hamas’s barbaric murdering of hundreds of Israeli civilians is the revelation of current global amorality. More than 20 Harvard...

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...

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