OPINION: UNM decided that we would support football over an awarded skiing program and an equally successful and supported soccer program. The school abandoned these successful programs for one that has a poor record at best.
OPINION: Armed with prima facie evidence, I excessively packaged that half-devoured cookie in Saran wrap and took it to school after the Christmas break to show the Santa-deniers who had been deceived by misinformation, public school indoctri…
OPINION: The concept of Santa Claus is charming, no doubt. But when you start breaking it down, the whole thing falls apart faster than a gingerbread house after a sugar binge.
OPINION: Christmas dinners were filled with deep traditions and a myriad of special holiday foods.
OPINION:Â New Mexico must put an end to cases of cars with one working headlight and the light sentencing or home confinement given for drunk driving, especially when these leniencies lead to additional needless deaths.
OPINION:Â We cannot operate based on the hope that the river will supply the same amount of water year after year in the face of aridification and severe drought.Â
From the Editorial Board: Comparing students raising money in a median in Silver City for an hour or two on a weekend to the daily sight of panhandlers standing in medians all over Albuquerque shows how much the speaker and other Democratic l…
From the Editorial Board: You’ll hear a lot of spin in the coming months about all the reasons lawmakers couldn’t pass any bills on public safety. Don’t you believe it.
From the Editorial Board: Empowering Downtown businesses to improve their lots with specific services will create more buy-in, and hopefully produce less finger-pointing.
From the Editorial Board: Continuity in leadership, accountability to taxpayers and transparency in student outcomes must be the goals for the Public Education Department moving forward.
From the Editorial Board: Rob Black brings fresh initiatives, proven collaboration skills and sound strategies to strengthen New Mexico's business climate and attract investment.
From the Editorial Board: Technology has made the online publication of voter rolls possible. But the Old Guard doesn't like the Average Joe having access to the keys to the kingdom. Some feel only the elite should have access to the information.
From the Editorial Board: We hope the combination of technology, law enforcement, and community engagement will lead to a significant reduction in traffic-related fatalities and injuries.
From the Editorial Board: Instead of funding long-term proposals such as "baby bonds" that pay dividends in a couple of decades, state lawmakers should direct funding toward today's most vulnerable children by incentivizing new foster homes a…
OPINION: Christmas dinners were filled with deep traditions and a myriad of special holiday foods.
OPINION:Â We cannot operate based on the hope that the river will supply the same amount of water year after year in the face of aridification and severe drought.Â
OPINION: This aquatic “canary in a coal mine†is a warning for all of us who need water to survive, which definitely includes Burqueños. We can’t expect to keep pulling species out of New Mexico’s web of life without it tumbling down.
OPINION: As the Gila Wilderness celebrated its centennial in 2024, I’ve been contemplating what the next 100 years will look like, and what my role will be as a conservation and wilderness advocate with roots in the Gila.
OPINION:Â Fred Harris Congressional Internships at the University of New Mexico have served almost 160 students since the program was formed in 2006.
OPINION: More than $1.5 billion has been paid to help New Mexicans harmed by the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. Now it’s time to get the rest of this compensation delivered to those who need and deserve it.
OPINION: Water management is complex, but with the public’s input, we are better equipped to meet the challenges ahead.
OPINION: Those who tap into online dating have always had to be cautious; now doctored identities means they must be that much more vigilant.
OPINION: Addressing tuberculosis in the robust, systematic, accountable way laid out in the End TB Now Act only makes sense.
OPINION: Thank you for letting me serve the nation.
OPINION: The mentally ill don’t have a right to terrorize others.
OPINION: At least 63% of unhoused people with mental illness will be arrested during their lifetimes, and formerly incarcerated people are 10 times more likely to be unhoused than the general population.
OPINION: What New Mexicans don’t realize is our health care system has undergone major changes. It's not our doctors and nurses who are the problem, it's the corporate systems under which they are forced to practice.Â
OPINION: Santa Fe Plaza isn’t the same without its historic obelisk.
OPINION: Some schools in the Mountain West are choosing to opt out of playing matches against SJSU; why isn’t UNM?
OPINION: What is a "pro-life" voter to do in the U.S. presidential election?Â
