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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.


Reparation nation?
Opinion

Everyone knows Lord Acton's quote about absolute power corrupting absolutely, but the same is true about guilt. While a little guilt goes a long way, embracing systemic guilt is destructive and inhibits our progress as a nation.


UNM and NMSU should drop their COVID-19 vaccine mandates now
Opinion

COVID-19 vaccine mandates at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and New Mexico State University (NMSU) should be rescinded immediately.


How do New Mexico hospital prices compare?
Opinion

In an effort to assist patients in understanding the cost of hospital services, the Hospital Price Transparency rule at 45 C.F.R. § 180.10 et. seq., effective January 1, 2021, requires all hospitals to make public their discounted cash prices. I wanted to see if select New Mexico hospitals were complying with the law and review their prices.


House Bill 6 tax change update
Opinion

As we have written and spoken about in the past, House Bill 6 Tax Changes was passed by the New Mexico Legislature in 2019, but it did not go into effect until 2021.


What is a newspaper anyway?
Opinion

The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper recently ran an article about the emergence of the New Mexico Sun.


New Mexico Sun celebrates two years of operation
Opinion

The New Mexico Sun was established to bring fresh light to issues that matter most to New Mexicans.


Look ahead: ABQ’s 2023 municipal elections take shape
Opinion

Democrat Pat Davis And Republican Trudy Jones have announced that they will not seek another term on the Albuquerque City Council in the 2023 municipal election.


Countering 'election deniers'
Opinion

In the movie "The Untouchables," Sean Connery is confronted by a would-be assassin. Connery surprises him by brandishing a sawed-off shotgun (the assassin has a switchblade).


Canceling without conversation - the new NPR model
Opinion

I recently joined the ranks of the canceled after six years of my participation in a political talk show on a Santa Fe NPR affiliate.


Do New Mexico’s Election Records Comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1960?
Opinion

Did the number of ballots cast in the NM general election of November 3, 2020 equal the number of voters?


Overly stringent regulations ultimately leave customers in the lurch
Opinion

Fossil fuels have played a large role in the well being of New Mexico for decades.


Homelessness is collateral damage from a throwaway society
Opinion

The debate over what to do about America's homeless population is reaching the breaking point as tent cities pop up like spring dandelions in communities all across this fruited plain.


New Mexico legislators’ golden parachute
Opinion

Although NM legislators are the only state legislators in the country not to receive a salary (they do receive a per diem living expense), if they serve at least 10 years, they receive a golden parachute retirement.


Las Cruces City Council allows marijuana to be sold near school for the poor
Opinion

On September 6, the Las Cruces City Council and Mayor voted unanimously to allow recreational marijuana to be sold right next to New America School, despite the fact that the City Ordinance calls for a minimum buffer distance of 300 feet between a school and a marijuana dispensary.


The not so great American U-turn
Opinion

There was a time when the millions of huddled masses yearning to breathe free were grateful for the opportunity to make the long ocean voyage to the shores of the New World.


The ruling class are destroying New Mexico
Opinion

In the past several months I have posted articles with one overriding theme, “Loss of Freedom”.


CDC’s guidance change is long overdue and much damage has occurred in the meantime
Opinion

The CDC recently changed their COVID-19 guidance with an update that the unvaccinated should no longer be treated differently than the vaccinated.