Opinion

What is Happening in Higher Ed?

Notice the condition of New Mexico roads lately? Huge patches are suffering advanced deterioration. With the state awash in cash, when will truckers, ranchers,...

Vocational Education Bill Off and Running

Trades, especially the construction trades, have been saying for years that they need more workers. Community colleges and unions are doing their best to...

Letters to the editor 2/8/24

Tiered approach needed I’m writing to express my support for legislation that would expand the ability for licensed acupuncturists from other states to practice in...

New Mexico’s Left Comes for Oil and Gas

In recent years the “left” including most, but not all in the Democratic Party have turned sharply against traditional energy sources. Despite New Mexico’s...

Go Forth And Make Mistakes, But Always Keep Shooting for the Stars

We started a new adventure this week. We opened a new Española business — a restaurant Apple Valley Kitchen — to be exact.  With...

Advocates: Child Welfare Crisis is Not a Priority

It was a rough week for CYFD. Already in the hot seat before exasperated legislators, the Children, Youth and Families Department was in the...

Letters to the editor 2/1/24

Setting the Record Straight This letter will be the last response I make in reference to your reporting. In fact I have spent my last...

Crime Needs to Be Addressed Now

Crime in New Mexico is becoming harder and harder for people even in the most comfortable places in this state to ignore. I can’t...

Wedge Issues for New Mexicans

SANTA ROSA, N.M. — As this year’s legislative session gets underway, there’s one wedge issue already getting lots of attention. Rest assured that any...

HB133 is Not Small Business Friendly

    New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and her political appointees in the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department announced last summer...

The Hysterical Style in American Politics

The post-Joe McCarthy era and the candidacy of Barry Goldwater once prompted liberal political scientist Richard Hofstadter to chronicle a supposedly long-standing right-wing “paranoid...

It’s Up to Voters to Clean Up Rio Arriba County

Waste again. The recent dismissal of perjury indictments against County Commission Board Chair Alex Naranjo and Rio Arriba County Manager Tomas Campos is yet another...

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