Opinion

A New Year and a little Northern New Mexico Magic … Turning $6 into $450,000

    Growing up in New Mexico, looking back, I know I took a lot for granted. Simple things like the fall air filled with...

Governor Touts State Growth, But Population Stats are Grim

    Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham touted in a press release Jan. 2 a stat from United Van Lines showing the national company helped more...

Overlapping Issues In 2023-2024

    SANTA ROSA, N.M. — As intense as this year has been, next year promises to be even more so.     For one thing, 2024...

The Janus Way: Looking Ahead to 2024

    One of the fundamental principles of our representative republic is the concept of “checks and balances” to ensure one branch of government does...

Don’t Count on Change As Long as Candy Is Handed Out

    Javier Milei was elected president of Argentina just last month. He ran on a platform of economic reform that included tying the Argentine...

Smaller Class Sizes can Lift Students and the Teaching Profession

Every day more than 37,000 New Mexico elementary students, enough to fill the Pit twice over, experience negative effects of large class sizes such...

Looking back, Looking Forward

At the end of the year, we hear predictions about the future, many of which have been proven wrong — from the end of...

New Year Offers a Time to Pause and Recollect

In Roman mythology, the two-faced Janus was the god of doorways and gates. Those ancients envisioned one face guarding the home from outside evils, while...

Asha Can’t Be a Regular Wolf — She Has a Role in Lobo Recovery

Asha, the Mexican grey wolf, took us on a journey this year. The region’s most famous escapee, she made her break from a federal wolf...

It’s a New Year; Turn on Your Light and Feed Your Starter

    Every morning I wake up, turn on the light, make some dark coffee, and feed my sourdough starter.       If you want magic. ...

Letter to the editor 122823

I am writing in response to Milan Simonich’s decision to include me and my voting record in his rant regarding proposed alcohol tax concerns...

Another EV Mandate Looms for New Mexico

Fresh off her “victory” in pushing a vast increase in the number of electric vehicles (EV’s) sold in New Mexico through a board appointed by her...

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