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Civil War II
Opinion

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
Opinion

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
Opinion

It is happening now in an office, hospital or school near you!


A noble lie?
Opinion

Plato was one of the most influential people in history and widely considered the founder of western political philosophy.


Op-ed: Personal Freedoms
Opinion

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
Opinion

The New Mexico Sun will be different; it will be a daily news source serving the entire state.


Op-ed: The unscientific science?
Opinion

That headline, itself, is enough to turn many of us off.


When is a hearing not a hearing?
Opinion

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?
Opinion

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
Opinion

We want safe neighborhoods that we can walk without fear.


Op-ed: What’s good for the Permian Basin is good for the state
Opinion

There’s some great news concerning the oil and gas industry in the state and nation right now.


Op-ed: Controlling words
Opinion

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.


Op-ed: Gun control has failed New Mexicans
Opinion

Two years have now passed since the first of several hotly debated gun-control bills passed in Santa Fe.


Protecting the tree of liberty
Opinion

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.


Letter to the Editor: Guaranteed incomes beget the wrong guaranteed outcomes
Opinion

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."


WalletHub hits us where it hurts
Opinion

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.


U.S. issues travel warnings to Mexico
Opinion

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