Opinion

Opinion: Gerrymandered

Let’s be honest about the hypocrisy coming out of both political parties when it comes to gerrymandering. Both sides do it when given the...

Opinion: Española and Rio Arriba County Need Leaders With Vision, Depth

The old days are just that — “the old days.” When our elected officials realize those days of an iron-fisted dictator or one family, more...

Opinion: Identity Politics Could Destroy our Country

I am not a doctor, but I did listen in high school biology. Sex is not determined at birth. Sex is determined at conception. It is...

Opinion: Juan de Oñate is With Us Once Again

Recent arguments about Juan de Oñate have been long on emotion and short on historical perspective. Sadly, Marc Simmons, one of New Mexico’s most...

Letter: Response to Alex Naranjo’s ‘We Cannot Change History’ Letter

Dear Editor, No, we cannot Rio Arriba County Commission Chairman, BUT we can strive to be human beings with an ounce of empathy. This...

Opinion: Shooting Presents Need for Dialogue

Does a statue speak? What does it say, and to whom? To whom does the statue belong? These are questions raised by new twists...

Nikki Remembered

Lloronas, full moons and the season of balance. A time when we embrace fright, Friday the thirteenth and death. No one could have expected...

Letter: ‘We Cannot Change History’

Dear Editor, September 15, 2023 to October 15, 2023 marks the recognition and celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. What better...

Opinion: Can Oñate Statue Be a Centerpiece of Reconciliation?

Early in 1991 Sonny Rivera visited me at NMSU in my capacity as director of the Latin American Studies program. He was sculpting a...

Opinion: What do Oñate and Elon Musk have in Common?

What in the world could Juan de Onate, Spaniard colonizer in New Mexico, have in common with Elon Musk, entrepreneur behind the Tesla, new...

Opinion: What Game is Hunter Biden Playing?

What shameless act or felonious activity was not evidenced on Hunter Biden’s laptop? Racist attitudes toward Asians? Soliciting prostitution? Felonious use of drugs? Photographed...

Letter: ‘Bill Richardson Was Like My Know-It-All Brother’

Dear Editor, Bill Richardson came into the US Congress like a storm. At the time, I was the Executive Director of the Congressional Hispanic...

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