Navigating our body politic
By Stephan Helgesen | Sep 10, 2021
I confess. Sean Hannity gets on my nerves, but last night he redeemed himself with his monologue about how our president and his administration have totally obliterated our sacred right to decide our own medical treatments or to keep our medical history to ourselves.
Op-ed: The unscientific science?
By Stephan Helgesen | Aug 11, 2021
That headline, itself, is enough to turn many of us off.
When is a hearing not a hearing?
By Stephan Helgesen | Jul 28, 2021
The Democrats' long-awaited hearing on the 'insurrection' of January 6, 2021 began today, and as was expected, it was a tightly orchestrated opening to an event that was designed to reinforce one central theme.
Can Republicans turn back the blue tide in New Mexico?
By Stephan Helgesen | Jul 20, 2021
For most of the 20th century, New Mexican voters have put their X on the Democrat side of the ballot for Governor. And what have they got in return for placing their confidence and their vote in the party of the donkey?
Op-ed: Controlling words
By Stephan Helgesen | Jul 12, 2021
Seems to me that there is more than just a little truth in the belief that those who control the words control the narrative, and those who control the narrative control the argument. Add government as the group that controls the argument and you are left with the absolute absence of free discourse.
Protecting the tree of liberty
By Stephan Helgesen | Jul 2, 2021
It happened again. The clock struck 3 a.m. and I was awakened by a persistent thought. Independence Day was quickly approaching and I'd been mulling over in my hypnagogic mind images of America throughout the past three centuries.
Letter to the Editor: Guaranteed incomes beget the wrong guaranteed outcomes
By Stephan Helgesen | Jul 1, 2021
Andy Nghiem recently reported on New Mexico State Representative Javier Martinez' flirtation with socialism in his support for guaranteeing basic family incomes to "lift poor families out of poverty."
WalletHub hits us where it hurts
By Stephan Helgesen | Jun 29, 2021
WalletHub's done it again and I don't know whether to cheer or jeer, grouse or praise their latest survey of our U.S. of A's 50 states' livability rankings.
