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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.

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.

By Rachel Donovan | Sep 8, 2021
It is happening now in an office, hospital or school near you!

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.

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.

By Carla Sonntag | Aug 19, 2021
The New Mexico Sun will be different; it will be a daily news source serving the entire state.


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.

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?


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.

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.

By Zac Fort | Jul 6, 2021
Two years have now passed since the first of several hotly debated gun-control bills passed in Santa Fe.

By Stephan Helgesen | Jul 2, 2021
It happened again. The clock struck 3 a.m. and I was awakened by a persistent thought. Independence Day was quickly approaching and I'd been mulling over in my hypnagogic mind images of America throughout the past three centuries.

By Stephan Helgesen | Jul 1, 2021
Andy Nghiem recently reported on New Mexico State Representative Javier Martinez' flirtation with socialism in his support for guaranteeing basic family incomes to "lift poor families out of poverty."

By Stephan Helgesen | Jun 29, 2021
WalletHub's done it again and I don't know whether to cheer or jeer, grouse or praise their latest survey of our U.S. of A's 50 states' livability rankings.

By Caren Cowan | Jun 24, 2021
In their June 8, 2021, Mexico Travel Advisory, the U.S. Department of State, at travel.state.gov, warns citizens about travel to Mexico.