Opinion

Moving Fast and Breaking Things

I’ve witnessed extreme cases of hubris in my years as a political reporter and editor. There’s the governor of Connecticut who thought he was untouchable,...

Rube and N.M. Residents Should be Confused by This Bad Bill

By Bill Church The dynamics of a legislative body — especially one trying to find its identity — are similar to the junior year of...

A Bigger Conversation About Water

For the two sponsors of the Strategic Water Supply bill now before the Legislature, this is personal. Rep. Susan Herrera, D-Española, said she gets asked...

Rely Only on Yourself and Family

Every Sunday after church my mom and dad would take us to visit our grandparents. We’d first visit my grandpa and when we’d get...

Guest opinion: Are Trump’s Tariffs Really Tariffs?

Hysteria has erupted here and abroad over President Donald Trump’s threats to level trade tariffs against particular countries. Both American and foreign critics blasted them...

Letters to the Editor 2/13/25

A beautiful place Reading the article that came out in last week’s edition pertaining to the shopping carts that were thrown in the City parking...

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...

Letters to the Editor 2/6/25

Mean-spirited The problem with TW’s Christian Nationalist view is his need to demonize a group in order to weaken a democracy based on equality and...

N.M. needs a 5-Year Strategic Plan

As we welcome the new year, I would like to extend my warmest greetings to the 70 state representatives and 42 state senators joining...

Bill that Will Kill N.M. Health Investment

50th in education, #48th in Crime and Corrections, #45th in Economy. As it stands today New Mexico is in the bottom five nationally in...

Letter to the editor 1/30/25

A relief To many of us here in our blue, humane Valley of Española, it was a relief to see this editorial in the Rio...

A Win for the Environment and Industry

The first week of the Legislature is complete and the work of Committees looks to be set. Let me give you a hint of...

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