Opinion

Growing Comfortable With Saying ‘I don’t Know’ in a Very Weird Election Year

A career of reporting on politics and a love of history has left me ill-equipped for 2024. Fully, and completely useless. Generally, my journalism experience has...

The Democrats and Their Divisions

SANTA ROSA, N.M. — Turns out, Democrats have a mind of their own. You can see it in the fallout from Joe Biden’s weak debate...

End of Biden Drama Gives State’s Democrats a Second Wind

Before U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez joined Sen. Martin Heinrich in asking President Joe Biden to give up his run for a second term, Vasquez...

A Failed Prosecution

SANTA ROSA, N.M. — By now, most New Mexicans are aware of the case against the star Alec Baldwin. It was getting plenty of...

Lawmakers Should Do What They Can in Upcoming Special Session

Rep. Bill Tallman, an Albuquerque Democrat who’s not running for office, has the luxury to say what he wants. “The governor just wants people...

Make a Decision Already

By Javier Sanchez I was pushing my cart down the aisle at our local grocery store when I came across a family. “Excuse me,” we’d say...

Presidential Power and the Risk for Abuse

Last week the Supreme Court gave American presidents broad immunity against criminal prosecution. It is the first recognition in our nation’s 240-year history of...

Handling a Crisis

It was Solstice, June 21, and Mick Trujillo, a good friend and community activist from Abiquiú called at about 3 p.m. He said, “When...

What Does it Mean to be a Political Prisoner?

Summer is here and we have just celebrated the Fourth of July. It’s going to get hot. The election season is here. The first...

Celebrate Freedom, That’s How We Win

T here was a time and it was not that long ago when we identified the sound of a firecracker exploding, as, well, as simply...

Success Depends on Ability to Change, Adapt

I sit next to a stack of books I should be reading, yet the echo of words spoken somewhere last week are all I...

When the Government has no Respect for Rules

Currently the  Environmental Improvement Board is considering an outlandish request of the New Mexico Environment Department to increase the fees for General Construction Permits...

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