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MLG: A Legacy of Less Safety & More Subjugation
Opinion

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham (MLG) replaced our Second Amendment rights with her emergency regulations, penalizing the public possession of a firearm in Bernalillo County. MLG wanted us to believe that we are safer with her regulations, not our right to bear arms. But are we?


The New Mexico Bellwether: A District to Watch in 2024
Opinion

Southern New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District is a toss-up seat, the type of which will largely determine the complexion of the House after the 2024 elections.


MLG embarrassed liberal politicians and media across the nation
Opinion

New Mexicans woke up to “Governor announces statewide enforcement plan for violence, fentanyl reduction – Plan includes 30-day suspension of concealed, open carry in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County.”


Technology, not subsidies, is the key to electrification
Opinion

Most advocates of electrification – and there are many in New Mexico – fail to consider the downsides of electrification. With deepening concerns over climate change, politicians, policymakers, electric utilities, and environmentalists are pushing the idea of electrification: The replacement of fossil fuels with electricity for direct end uses like transportation and water and space heating.


Mark Twain's Wisdom Rings True: Why Active Citizenship Matters Now More Than Ever
Opinion

Mark Twain's Wisdom Rings True: Why Active Citizenship Matters Now More Than Ever


APD Use of Force Down, Police Shooting Up; A violent city is now norm
Opinion

The Albuquerque Police Department released its Annual Use of Force Report for the year 2022.


SF Dems underwrite $1 billion solar plant with $0.6 billion of NM Taxpayer Money
Opinion

$0.6 Billion is the cost of overcoming NM Education, Crime, and Infrastructure Crisis for just one company.


Aggressive climate policy can be bad for New Mexico
Opinion

Climate change presents a daunting challenge for economists, political scientists, and policymakers.


Albuquerque is New Mexico's crime hub
Opinion

The FBI has not yet completed its uniform crime reporting statistics for 2021 but has done so for 2020.



Referendum Project in New Mexico transcends partisan politics
Opinion

We the people are in charge of the government, but we do not directly make or enforce the laws.


2023 ABQ elections will be a referendum on the job performance of Mayor Keller
Opinion

The regular 2023 municipal election to elect City Councilors for City Council Districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 will be held on November 7, 2023 along with $200 Million in bonds to be approved by city voters.


Do progressives dream?
Opinion

We all basically want the same things like a happy life, a comfortable home in a safe neighborhood, a good education for our children, adequate health care, enough money to take the occasional vacation and a rewarding job.


Address the problem, not the symptom
Opinion

There is a growing awareness of truth that is beginning to rise in New Mexico.


Albuquerque mayor and council created the homeless crisis
Opinion

It is time to throw the bums out, and I do not mean the homeless.


Change
Opinion

Oh! How things have changed!


 A republic or 'political judicial monarchy'?
Opinion

The United States Supreme Court at one time was viewed with a unique “sense of awe” and respect because it consistently interpreted the United States Constitution as a “living and evolving document”


Christ and the little green men
Opinion

I thought that faith was on the way out, but along comes government with a report on 'unexplained aerial phenomena' or UAPs (aka 'unidentified flying objects'). Why the name change? Maybe our officials don’t want us to think of extraterrestrials when we see something strange in the sky… or it could be some 'brander' thought it time to update the 1940s appellation for things that hover above us.


Truth of the Referendum Project and the misleading claims of the SOS
Opinion

During the 2023 legislative session we saw progressive ideals passed by our legislature while family values were offended, and faith values were mocked.


Nine years of reform: time to close the case on Albuquerque's police department
Opinion

On November 14, 2014, the City, APD and Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a stipulated Court Approved Settlement Agreement (CASA).