New Mexico Sun

By Nickie McCarty | Jun 24, 2025

As I sat and watched the celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States Army on my television, my heart swelled with pride – and at the same time, ached with sorrow.

By Nickie McCarty | Jun 17, 2025

I was a four-sport varsity athlete, a girls’ volleyball and track coach, and a high school athletic director.

By Sarah Smith | Jun 17, 2025

I recently met Neeraja Deshpande, the 24-year-old author of the Independent Women’s Forum report “The Disjointed Reality in New Mexico: New Mexico Gender Policies Clash with Public Opinion.”

By Robert Witsenhausen | Jun 17, 2025

This year, I’ll be celebrating Flag Day along with most of my fellow Patriotic Americans. But some people in Santa Fe and around the state will be participating in the “No Kings” leftist day of protest.

By Pat Woods | Jun 11, 2025

As a seasoned lawmaker, I can tell you that proposed legislation is never going to fully satisfy everyone at the table.

By Sarah Smith | Jun 4, 2025

OPINION: The right to petition denied: How Las Cruces officials disregarded citizen voices

By Nickie McCarty | Jun 4, 2025

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1 John 4:7–8 (KJV)

By Jim Townsend | May 31, 2025

Democrats are the best in the world at making terrible things sound great and positive things sound… devastating.

By Bob Ippel | May 31, 2025

The "Big Beautiful Bill" has sparked strong reactions across the political spectrum. However, amidst the debate, one provision stands out as a potential point of bipartisan agreement: the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA).

By Robert Witsenhausen | May 28, 2025

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.

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.