Editorials

Guest opinion: The Times They Are A-Changin’

Folk-rock singer Bob Dylan released this hit record in 1964, originally about the protest movement of that day. It spoke of the changing times...

Guest opinion: New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Industry Leading the Way in Environmental ResponsibilityNew Mexico’s Oil and Gas Industry Leading the Way in Environmental...

In recent years, New Mexico’s oil and gas industry has made significant strides in becoming more environmentally and climate-friendly. As one of the nation’s...

Guest opinion: Legislature starts today

By Jim Townsend Today, Tuesday, Jan. 21, marks a significant day for the state of New Mexico as the Legislature officially convenes to embark on...

Guest opinion: Germany’s new Morgenthau Plan

Less than a year before the end of World War II, then U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau drew up a nightmarish plan...

Working Hard to Bring You the News

Olympic years and presidential election years can have a lasting impact on people’s memory. Whether such years also have a lasting impact on history...

Guest opinion: Pardon me, Santa Claus

The predominant winter holidays are a time of celebration. If you celebrate Christmas, it is the annual celebration of the birth of the Christ, who...

Guest Opinion: The Worst Transition Ever

The soon-to-expire Biden administration is behaving as if an invading foreign power is about to take over and the house must be burned down...

Guest opinion: N.M. Can ‘Move the Needle’ With a Regulatory Sandbox

Among the numerous economic policy areas that hold New Mexico back is its heavy regulatory burden. Unnecessarily heavy regulations on business can make it...

Guest opinion: N.M. Needs a New Governing Model for Higher Education

By Jose Z. Garcia One of my first actions when I became Secretary of Higher Education in 2011 was to organize a conference for members...

Guest opinion: A Simple Return to Sanity

We are witnessing a historic counterrevolution after Trump’s victory, far different from his first election in 2016. The orthodox and the supposed scripted future are...

Guest Opinion: A Permanent Fund for Health Care Can Help Solve the Health Care Worker Shortages

New Mexico has a critical shortage of health care workers, including doctors, nurses, and behavioral health providers. Solving this shortage will require investments in...

Guest Opinion: Foreign Policy and the Next President

Parts of the world are in turmoil — China and Taiwan, Israel and the Mideast, Ukraine and Russia. The axis of North Korea, Russia,...

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