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Election decisions
By Tom Vaillancourt | Nov 9, 2021
There will be many pundits on all the TV talk shows and cable networks as well as reams of editorials and opinions pieces telling us what we should think about the election results. All of these people have a much better pedigree than I do.
Mankind is 100% reliant on energy
By George Sharpe | Nov 8, 2021
The general public has no clue how important energy is to our way of life. They just know that when they flick a switch, the light comes on.
One swallow does not a summer make
By Stephan Helgesen | Nov 5, 2021
Political pundits and analysts are willing navel gazers and are constantly talking about the 'long game' in politics.
Why care about the ‘little local’ elections?
By Larry Sonntag | Oct 29, 2021
Some people think the ‘little local’ elections don’t matter. Who really cares about the school board if you don’t have kids in public schools? Does the City Council really influence anything important?
Baldwin and gun handler should both face criminal charges
By Mark R. Weaver | Oct 28, 2021
It was no doubt a tragedy when, on a New Mexico movie set, Alec Baldwin aimed a gun at two crew members and fired, killing one and injuring the other. In the last few days, pundits and reporters have rushed to conclude Baldwin isn’t criminally liable or to falsely call the real gun a “prop” gun. As a prosecutor who’s handled numerous felonies and violent crimes, I’ve looked at the available facts and the law and it’s clear both Baldwin and the woman in charge of the guns should face criminal charges.
Should voters support or oppose the Albuquerque Public School bond and mill levy tax?
By Carla Sonntag | Oct 15, 2021
Does Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) need $630 million more of your money, or are voters in need of honesty and accountability? It’s been a trying time for our children because they have spent most of the last 18 months unable to attend school in person.
Why Albuquerque wins with Manny Gonzales as mayor
By Rachel Donavan | Oct 11, 2021
Albuquerque has been last in so many categories for so long that many have given up and moved to better managed cities, usually in better managed states.
Op-ed: The marijuana lament
By Stephan Helgesen | Oct 4, 2021
We've legalized 'recreational marijuana' use in New Mexico, and it's a sad day for those of us who fail to see how adding yet one more problem to our already burgeoning list of statewide challenges is a net positive.
Civil War II
By Tom Vaillancourt | Sep 13, 2021
The first American Civil War was the costliest and deadliest war ever fought on American soil, with some 620,000 of 2.4 million soldiers killed, millions more injured and much of the South left in ruin.
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.
From hero to zero for no reason
By Rachel Donovan | Sep 8, 2021
It is happening now in an office, hospital or school near you!
A noble lie?
By Alan Brooks | Sep 3, 2021
Plato was one of the most influential people in history and widely considered the founder of western political philosophy.
Op-ed: Personal Freedoms
By Tom Vaillancourt | Aug 26, 2021
We are living in interesting times in the state of New Mexico. Our personal freedoms have been severely restricted under the guise of a COVID emergency.
A note from the New Mexico Sun publishing group
By Carla Sonntag | Aug 19, 2021
The New Mexico Sun will be different; it will be a daily news source serving the entire state.
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?
Albuquerque, state officials ignore basic need for safety
By Mick Rich | Jul 19, 2021
We want safe neighborhoods that we can walk without fear.
Op-ed: What’s good for the Permian Basin is good for the state
By Mayor Dale Janway | Jul 12, 2021
There’s some great news concerning the oil and gas industry in the state and nation right now.
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.