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From 9/11 to Charlie Kirk’s Assassination — How Political Violence Has Metastasized

“It was one of us.” In that one short sentence after the alleged gunman was caught, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox began to address the...

Crime Is a Choice: Politics Should Never Come Before Public Safety

By Amy Barela In New Mexico, crime has become more than a statistic — it has become a daily reality for families, businesses, and entire...

Do Your Best to be the Light in Someone’s World

What does failure look like? It’s a question I ask myself all the time. Often the answer stares right back at me in the mirror. At...

Remembering Katrina and New Orleans

Friday marked the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in New Orleans. One of the country’s deadliest and costly disasters, Katrina submerged 80%...

Lawmakers Try to Understand Detention Centers

New Mexico has three ICE detention centers in Otero, Torrance and Cibola counties. The governor is considering a bill to ban immigration detention facilities...

It’s Not Enough to Sit on the Sidelines

I came across a young man from Española. I was shopping in a different city and as we started talking, he asked where I...

Sanitizing History is a Dangerous Exercise

The history police are at it again. Taos officials want to rename Kit Carson Park, and the president aims to scrub “propaganda” from the...

Age, Experience and Moving Around

“Thank God no one let me write newspaper columns when I was 22.” I said this flippantly to another journalist last week as I was...

Democrats Are on the Wrong Side

The State Ethics Commission tore the mask off New Mexico Safety Over Profit and revealed — ta da! — trial lawyers. After arguing that they...

Harness Virtue and Bravery to Strengthen Our Valley

Western civilization is built on bravery, courage and honor. Since early Greek civilization, we have placed extraordinary emphasis and love on these virtues. They bind...

Jobs Numbers Look Better in NM

Day in, day out, the number crunchers at the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics keep tabs on the economy and report data, a job...

Hayley Williams, ‘Strange Fruit’ and White Christianity

Until last week I didn’t know who Hayley Williams was or that she is the lead singer of Paramore, a rock band I’ve heard...

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