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Wall Street titans echo economic warnings: A call for prudence and preparation
Opinion

There are some who have often shone a spotlight on the precarious state of the economy and the need for cautious investment strategies.


What's next for the American economy?
Opinion

America's economic transition from a focus on industry to service to design and finally to finance has progressively distanced our economy from tangible reality.


ABQ councilors' move to diminish mayor's authority sparks debate
Opinion

On April 27, first term City Councilors Democrat Louie Sanchez and Republican Renee Grout announced legislation proposing a City Charter amendment for a public vote that will make the Mayor of Albuquerque a member of the City Council.


 Residents unite across party lines to protect values: Taos County petition drive underway
Opinion

Residents of Taos County have long prided themselves on holding values that run deeper than political labels, though we have voted Democrat generationally due primarily to social welfare policies.


The Math to Net Zero Doesn’t Add Up
Opinion

The politicians who are mandating a path to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 certainly didn’t do the math to net zero because the math in their path doesn’t add up.


Defending the innocent, and holding offenders accountable, should not be a partisan issue - but it is
Opinion

During New Mexico’s recent sixty-day Legislative session, numerous bills were introduced to address out-of-control crime in the state


Reality
Opinion

One could spend numerous hours and hundreds of pages describing the “Idea of America”


The big picture
Opinion

The phrase was first used in 1904 meaning “the entire perspective on a situation or issue”


Santa Fe Democrats created NM’s failed education system
Opinion

New Mexicans believe Santa Fe Democrats will turn around New Mexico’s public education system despite decades of failing grades.


Peeling back the 'diversity' onion
Opinion

It's time we talked about e pluribus unum and what it really means for our country, especially in light of all the propaganda that's being injected into our collective bloodstream by the 'woke' Left.


Will there be a brighter ending to this legislative session?
Opinion

There have been some attempts to justify what’s happening in Santa Fe, but let’s look at some facts rarely discussed.


Is it always financially worthwhile to attend one of New Mexico’s four-year public universities?
Opinion

The majority of students go to college to get a better job and to make more money. How good a job have New Mexico’s seven, four-year public universities, done in accomplishing these goals?


Love My Edgewood: One local's opinion
Opinion

My Edgewood is currently the largest bastion of balance and common sense in Santa Fe County, and possibly the entire State of New Mexico.


Socialized utility rates mean another tax on working families
Opinion

New Mexico is ranked the third poorest state in the nation with a poverty rate of 17.85% according to World Population Review.


Enact Omnibus Violent Crime and Gun Control Act
Opinion

In an effort at “bipartisanship”, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham held a high-level news conference with top Democratic and Republican legislators to ask for enactment of a wide range of “solutions” to deal with the state’s violent crime.


Reality check
Opinion

It is very common this time of year to review the last year and look at what was good and what was bad. If you are a person who believes in “Traditional American Values”, “Faith, Family, Freedom, Friendship, and Fellowship”, 2022 was not a good year.


The benefits of oil and gas
Opinion

Last year, we put out a column listing the many different uses of fossil fuels, beyond just for driving a vehicle.


The end of hope?
Opinion

Tis the season to be hopeful. Christ's birthday gives believers hope as does the beginning of a new year. For those who've lost someone to illness or accident, hope is pretty much all that's left when we can’t fathom why it happened to them...or us.


Can anything be done about New Mexico’s severe healthcare worker shortage?
Opinion

At the end of 2021, New Mexico was short three hundred thirty-four (334) primary care physicians and five thousand eight hundred sixty- three (5863) nurses. Why do these shortages exist and can anything be done to alleviate them?


Outrage to reparations is 'manufactured anger'
Opinion

Undeserved "guilt" isn't the issue Mr. Helgesen suggests it is.