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I first heard of the seminal string quartet Brooklyn Rider on NPR’s All Things Considered. If my memory serves me correctly, it was around 2010.

In my last column, I wrote about a grassroots petition drive to save single-family zoning in Las Cruces. I promised to give an update after the petition signatures were counted.
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By Sarah Smith | May 28, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking action to ban the use of synthetic food dyes, including Red Dye 3, Yellow Dye 5, Blue Dye 1, and others. This is long overdue.

By Gail Armstrong | May 28, 2025
The media needs to stop saying, “the legislature failed to…” when discussing New Mexico’s persistent challenges—particularly in healthcare and crime.

By Nickie McCarty | May 28, 2025
As believers in Jesus Christ, we are called to be discerning about the systems we support—especially when those systems affect how we live, work, and care for one another.

By Nickie McCarty | May 22, 2025
In a time when political division is tearing at the fabric of our nation, I believe it's time we ask a deeper question—one that transcends party lines and pierces to the heart of our identity:

By Sarah Smith | May 17, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking action to ban the use of synthetic food dyes, including Red Dye 3, Yellow Dye 5, Blue Dye 1, and others.

By Rebecca Dow | May 17, 2025
Seven years ago, the landmark Yazzie v. Martinez district court ruling was handed down. Judge Singleton found that the State of New Mexico violated students’ fundamental rights.

By Paul Gessing | May 16, 2025
Gov. MLG recently went on the TV show Face the Nation to decry potential cuts to Medicaid. She even claimed the reforms would “destroy health care as we know it.”

By Bill Sharer | May 16, 2025
With summer just around the corner, our families are eagerly looking forward to enjoying some fun in the sun.

By Nickie McCarty | May 16, 2025
Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) recently led a powerful grassroots movement to Capitol Hill with a clear message: “Slash the Cash, Save the Kids.”

By Jodi Hendricks | May 16, 2025
David didn’t defeat Goliath because he was the strongest or the most skilled. He won because God called him to stand—and with God on his side, he could not fail.

By Anne Doherty | May 16, 2025
In New Mexico, family has always been the heartbeat of our communities—a tradition of togetherness that binds generations and defines our culture.
By Robert Witsenhausen | May 13, 2025
Who could miss the lurid tale of the Las Cruces Municipal Judge who got a little too cozy with the cartels?

By Kenneth W. Costello | May 13, 2025
Political efforts to curtail gas supply and demand have met with limited success.

By Jim Townsend | May 13, 2025
It’s pretty simple, if the radical progressive politicians running our state continue to intentionally defy the enforcement of federal law and disregard executive orders from President Donald Trump, New Mexico will face harsh fiscal consequences.

By Brian C. Nixon | May 13, 2025
Experimental, improvisatory music is not for the faint of heart.


By Craig Springer | May 8, 2025
Dear EVCA parents and guardians: Estancia Valley Classical Academy again seeks people to join its Governing Council (school board), with the release of its “Perspective [sic] Membership Timeline,” an endeavor that comes with controversy.

By Jodi Hendricks | May 6, 2025
For years, women have been told that the abortion pill is safe, simple, and private.