Opinion

Historians in 1980 Provide Election Perspective

Some of us remember the turbulent economy of the 1970s, which made the last few years look like a walk in the park. We...

In the Face of Uncertainty, Turn to the Light

I always listen to the first movement twice. Chaos doesn’t just happen, it builds on itself, it uses gravity to envelop, encircle and pull. Beethoven’s...

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...

Radio Sets Broke Rural Isolation 100 Years Ago

A century ago, shoppers bought their Christmas cards from the local printer. A little bottled cheer required a visit to the local bootlegger because...

Remembering the Light Amid the Darkness

By now, Christian celebrants have lit their advent candles and Jews will begin lighting the menorah Wednesday evening to celebrate the eight nights of...

Faceless Flunkies Making Dangerous Decisions

By Sherry Robinson All She Wrote “Live your life in such a way that half the world isn’t dancing in the streets when some hero puts...

Join Us on Christmas Day

By Javier Sanchez On these, the holiest of days, Yuletide brings solace, silence, and reflection. We step into the night and see the North Star....

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...

Appreciating the Quiet

As I write this, the slanted light of late afternoon spills into a nearby room. Quiet music by a group I’d never heard of before...

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...

Lift Childcare Workers Out of Poverty

By Jacob Vigil New Mexico has made some significant and historic investments in early childhood ­— and there is exciting new evidence that those...

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