Creating beautiful bonds through music
A group of Santa Fe student musicians have returned from our sister city, Icheon, South Korea, where they performed in the highly successful Global Music Concert. The …
Breathing ‘good’ air is essential to living
For many months, the daily Air Quality Index on the weather page of the Santa Fe New Mexican has had a prediction of “25,” or “good.” Every day, the actual air quality…
Birth control is solution to climate change
Birth control is solution to climate change
Give our most vulnerable kids more books
Give our most vulnerable kids more books
Trump increasing the national debt
Democrats refuse to play Trump’s divisive game
Kathleene Parker, in her letter to the editor (“What the Democratic Party has become,” Aug. 8), bemoans the fact that Democratic presidential candidates blame Presiden…
New technology lengthens shelf life of fresh food
New technology lengthens shelf life of fresh food
Yearning for presidential uplift
Toni Morrison exposed with brilliant ferocity the yet-to-be-exorcised evil of racism (“Toni Morrison’s unflinching stare,” Commentary, Aug. 8). At her death, we are re…
It’s a dark time in our history
First day of school in Mississippi. Dozens of excited first, second, third graders and more older students exit their classrooms and seek out their parents. Thanks to …
Access to wild and scenic rivers good for all
I agree with Nick Streit’s recent My View (“We need more wild and scenic rivers,” Aug. 11) on expanding the Wild and Scenic Rivers designation to the Gila and San Fran…
Show respect to substitute teachers
The conversation started with test scores (“A familiar pattern,” July 30) and led to a letter (“Santa Fe needs certified teachers,” Letters to the Editor, Aug. 2). You…
Hate speech provokes violence
I’ll bet many of you older readers remember, as I do, that your mother said, “If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.” Probably few o…
Fear sells, but global warming is true danger
Democratic candidates might know many things, but they will surely lose to Donald Trump, who knows the one big thing that sells: fear.
Speak up, speak out — pressure the federal government
Again, we are faced with yet more mass murders. What is our federal government doing about them other than offering condolences to victims’ families?
What the Democratic party has become
Most of us are of mixed ancestry
Most of us are of mixed ancestry
Parking case rides a runaway legal train
Stanford Weinstein said he was innocent and filed a protest. Then he accused city bureaucracy of being tone-deaf, sustaining the ticket even though it had no evidence against him.
In this election scrum, the cream might not rise
So many candidates are entering the race for Congress in New Mexico’s 3rd District that they’re deadening public interest.
St. Michael’s soccer players lend hand at New Mexico United game
The St. Michael’s boys and girls teams were ball shaggers, and Horsemen head boys coach Mike Feldewert played a role in getting the teams on the field.
One surefire way exists to determine if a New Mexico legislator is in hiding: Check his or her requests for travel expenses.
Lobos walk-on, a former St. Michael’s football standout, takes new path
On Saturday morning, Xavier Vigil had seen enough. He told friends and family that he was walking away from the Lobos on the eve of what would have been his redshirt sophomore season.
Uneasy on the Plaza
I’ve known Roque Garcia since several years before he started cooking his carnitas on the Plaza in the mid-1980s. He’s a good-hearted, good-na…
A nation that lacks a consoler-in-chief
Presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Barack Obama knew that an important, if unwritten, part of the job is being comforter-in-chief in times of national distress. Events in the past week show the current president does not.
Reality shows about cops fall short
Dropping Live PD probably won’t have a major effect on law enforcement in Santa Fe.
In New Mexico, the scandals never stop
The names of the corrupt New Mexico officials who help fuel the effort to establish a state ethics commission — a roll call that includes Mich…
Zorro Ranch: Where cattle actually roamed
In the spring of 2006, politically connected convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was under investigation by the state of New Mexico for cer…
