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By Gail Armstrong | Apr 29, 2025
The tragic death of 16-year-old Jaydun Garcia while in the custody of New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) is a devastating reminder of the agency’s chronic dysfunction.
By Sarah Smith | Apr 29, 2025
The shooting at Young Park shows the brokenness of our community on multiple levels. For thousands of years, the most basic tenets of society have been “do not harm others or encroach on their property.”
By Tara Shaver | Apr 22, 2025
What would you do if you knew where 30 children were going to be killed tomorrow? What if it were legal and their parents were paying someone to do it?
By Brian C. Nixon | Apr 22, 2025
Watching Susan DeLeo’s short film Island is like bathing. Bathing not in the sense of taking a bath, but in the sense of Forest Bathing, Shinrin-yoku in Japanese culture.
By Robert Witsenhausen | Apr 22, 2025
From the bygone days of the Santa Fe Ring to the Richardson Pay-to-Play scandals and Zorro Ranch, New Mexico has a storied history of corruption.
By Anne Nygren Doherty | Apr 17, 2025
Study after study—like the 2004 Bureau of Justice Statistics finding that 70% of incarcerated juveniles came from disrupted homes, or the 2016 University of Pennsylvania link between family instability and violent crime.
By Sarah Smith | Apr 16, 2025
In February, Las Cruces City Council voted for “Realize Las Cruces.” This sweeping policy change overhauls the longstanding zoning code by removing single family residential zoning across much of the City.
By Jody Boulay | Apr 16, 2025
Memorial Day is a solemn occasion to honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. We attend parades, place flags at gravesites, and take quiet moments of reflection.
By Brian C. Nixon | Apr 11, 2025
Recently I was asked by a young film student in Albuquerque about my favorite Western novels and movies. Though picking the ‘best’ is subjective, here’s my personal take on 11 timeless novels (why stick with 10?).
By Nicole Tobiassen | Apr 8, 2025
Recently, Senator Antonio “Moe” Maestas, an Albuquerque Democrat, told the Santa Fe New Mexican that my tough-on-crime policy proposals were ‘stupid.’
By Jodi Hendricks | Apr 8, 2025
As the dust settles from the 2025 legislative session, one truth rises above the noise: what’s happening in Santa Fe doesn’t reflect the values of everyday New Mexicans.
By Nickie McCarty | Apr 8, 2025
Each June, Pride Month dominates the public sphere, with corporations, media, and public figures championing the LGBTQ+ agenda. Why should faith-filled Americans be silent? Why not boldly declare April as Faith Month?
By Anne Nygren Doherty | Apr 8, 2025
Wallethub.com recently published a survey called “Most & Least Stressed States (2025).”
By Robert Witsenhausen | Apr 8, 2025
The arson attack on the Republican Party Headquarters in Albuquerque is a disturbing reminder of the violent inclinations of the progressive leftists controlling the Democrat Party.
By Crystal Brantley | Mar 29, 2025
Last Friday night, as I sat on the floor of the Senate in the final hours of the 60-day legislative session, my disappointment over the bills that didn’t pass turned into shock and anger.
By Bob Ippel | Mar 29, 2025
One concern I frequently hear from both the political left and right regarding education is the fear of “indoctrination” — both sides are suspicious of the motives behind the other’s agenda.
By Anthony Thornton | Mar 29, 2025
There is something significant standing in the way of a better quality of life for all New Mexicans. That something is the Trial Lawyer Lobby and their loyal allies in the Roundhouse.
By Nickie McCarty | Mar 27, 2025
In today’s heated cultural debate over gender identity, one group is often silenced or dismissed: detransitioners—those who once identified as transgender, pursued medical or social transition, but later regretted their decision and sought to return to their birth sex.
By Nickie McCarty | Mar 27, 2025
Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee has meticulously tracked the key votes of New Mexico’s congressional delegation during the First Session of the 118th Congress.
By Nickie McCarty | Mar 27, 2025
Here we go again—another taxpayer-funded abortion facility pushed through without transparency or public input!
