Opinion

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...

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...

Letters to the editor 12/12/24

Calm under pressure It’s often said that a man’s true character is tested during times of crisis and for JMEC General Manager and State Rep....

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...

Higher Ed and ‘Playtime for Adults’

I’m going to tell you a story about entitlement, misuse of public money, poor judgment, and fuzzy ethics. The only reason we know about...

Why is Truth So Important?

I remember reciting a poem. It was in front of the whole class during my junior year in high school. I was in Germany...

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...

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

What a raucous political campaign! I despise politics of personal destruction. Give me policy and a game plan. But this is not what we had...

Expressing Gratitude This Thanksgiving

It is the week for expressing gratitude for many Americans. So here’s a list of people and experiences for which I’m thankful in late November...

Recent articles