Opinion

The Red/Green Agenda

I am not writing about chili. My subject is China’s influence on our society and the unsettled issues of climate change and its effect...

Ukraine Can Prevail in this David and Goliath Fight

​As we enter the third year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, House Speaker Mike Johnson and congressional Republicans are dithering on aid as if...

Dock Their Pay if the Government Shuts Down

When the government shuts down the people responsible continue to receive their pay because they are considered “essential.” These include the president and members...

New Mexico On My Mind

Albuquerque entered my world 41 years ago this spring. It was 1983 and I was a directionless student at the University of Georgia in...

Liberty Only Works When It’s Harnessed to Self-Management

Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone So goes a signature line from singer-writer Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow...

Winning, Losing and Finishing

Back in the 1970s, when dinosaurs roamed the land, I coached basketball in an inner-city league in Nashville, Tennessee.  Inspired by “The White Shadow” television...

Guest Opinion: N.M. is Leading Alright, On the Lists of the Bad Things

Sometimes, we can’t express an editorial opinion better than another newspaper. The following appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday, March 3. All we can...

Letters to the editor 3/7/24

Collaboration Collaboration. A word that gets thrown around a lot during election season but rarely applicable. For a successful collaboration we require: Trust. It isn’t...

We Need to Demand Better For Ourselves

Crimes at home here in Española and far away in Georgia beg the question: Why aren’t criminals or suspected criminals kept in jail? We are...

Is a Four Day School Week the Right Way?

When is a four-day school week appropriate? The answer is simple! When it meets the educational needs of the students, when it is supported...

Biden Eyes US-Mexico Border With Trumpian Eyes

How close to Republican hardliners can President Joe Biden creep without losing Democratic votes? Can he sound tough on immigration by pleading for Congress to...

We All Need to Demand Better Politics

As we approach the end of the 2024 municipal elections we all should be demanding better politics. Far too often in our current political...

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