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OPINION: Safe Haven Should Mean Safe for Babies and Mothers
Opinion

In April of this year the 3rd baby in less than two years was surrendered in Hobbs using their local Safe Haven Baby Box.


OPINION: New Mexico’s governor wants to weaken border security just as President Trump is winning the fight
Opinion

Last November, the American people sent a clear message at the ballot box: they want secure borders, strong immigration enforcement, and leaders who put the safety of our citizens first.


OPINION: New Mexico’s religious freedom is slipping away
Opinion

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” – 2 Corinthians 3:17


OPINION: New Mexico’s leaders just voted against families
Opinion

Congress has just passed one of the most significant pro-family reforms in decades. The legislation delivers practical help to parents, women, and children—yet every single member of New Mexico’s congressional delegation voted against it.


OPINION: When the church says yes
Opinion

This week, after five long years in New Mexico’s foster care system, a little girl named “Wren” will finally walk into her forever home.


OPINION: Anonymous journalists doxed by mainstream media
Opinion

Colorado and New Mexico have a lot in common politically. Largely rural conservative states dominated by a big liberal city with a leftist mayor and a leftist governor.


OPINION: Dead last is a choice: What New Mexico can learn from the states that left us behind
Opinion

As back-to-school season draws near, parents across New Mexico are reading the latest national statistics and asking one simple question: why?


Opinion

It’s rare to find common ground in today’s political climate. But here in New Mexico, one issue is uniting voters across party lines: our healthcare system is in trouble.


OPINION: Protect New Mexico’s children!
Opinion

Do you know what books are in your child’s school library?


OPINION: Education belongs to the states, not the swamp
Opinion

We must return to a place where the federal Government knows its place. The federal government, limited and restrained by the Constitution, was established to primarily handle national defense, foreign policy, and interstate commerce.


OPINION: Hate has a home here
Opinion

The City Different has become The City The Same, where the hive mind rules, and differences of opinion are no longer tolerated.


OPINION: Is Albuquerque being Trumped or seeing the results of what Keller created?
Opinion

Albuquerque Mayor Keller is lamenting the Trump administration's proposed funding cuts and has joined other progressive cities and counties in opposing them.


OPINION: Tip to help New Mexicans navigate health care more easily and save more money
Opinion

In the past, an imperfect and often complicated health care system, along with rising costs, impacted consumers’ ability to easily access care.


OPINION: Why hope is needed in New Mexico
Opinion

Looking out across New Mexico is a good reminder that when hope is lost, people are too. It’s easy to feel like nothing will ever change.


OPINION: Financial Assurance: A solution in search of a problem
Opinion

New Mexico has been fortunate in recent years to reap billions of dollars in revenue from oil and natural gas production.


OPINION: What you’re not being told about transitioning children
Opinion

Last week, the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning gender-transition medical procedures for minors.


OPINION: Restoring medical integrity: A victory for life and liberty
Opinion

Last week brought a quiet but deeply significant victory for life, liberty, and the integrity of the medical profession.


OPINION: Cultivating what matters: Community, family, and hope in New Mexico
Opinion

In an age of online interaction, political division, and social isolation, there’s something quietly radical about showing up in person—together, with our neighbors.


OPINION: Let heroes be heroes
Opinion

Last week, I stood in the smoke-shadowed foothills near the Gila, watching the Hotshot crews return from another 16-hour shift fighting the Trout Fire.


OPINION: Chairwoman Thomson prioritizes timeliness over results... which explains a lot
Opinion

I traveled over 600 miles and dedicated three full days to attend this week’s Legislative Health and Human Services interim committee meeting.