We are indeed living in interesting times. It seems we have increasingly divided ourselves nationally and locally into two opposing camps: one camp in which we accept …

There are two pandemics. One is the COVID-19 virus and the other is what some kindly call “willfull ignorance” and what I call sheer stupidity, which results in the sp…

I wonder why the governor has not used the following argument to convince those people who refuse to wear a mask because they feel it curtails their freedom that they …

Decades ago when I moved to California, I had to drive through a traffic checkpoint so officers could see if I was carrying any fruit from elsewhere into their state. …

I recently and gladly finished my two-week quarantine arriving from out of state after I tested negative before I left. Even with a store person checking at the entran…

The city website states the Genoveva Chavez Community Center ice rink will not reopen when the rest of the center opens on July 13, if that even happens, given the slo…

I know life has been very challenging and folks might want to find a release from the stress by shooting off fireworks; however, the results could be devastating.

During the pandemic, I’ve been taking a weekly hike on a 3-mile stretch of El Camino Real trail that starts off of Caja Del Rio Road.

Kudos to Mayor Alan Webber, the City Council and merchants on the Plaza. I have been wondering how long it would take the city to help make the experience downtown a p…

My fellow Americans, during this time of consciousness-raising regarding monuments erected in the name of conquest, oppression, racism and inhumanity, why not look to …

Monuments are contextual, as nearly half of the letters to the editor last Sunday recognized. I spent many years visiting, studying and writing about modern memorials …

As the Fourth of July approaches, especially given what’s occurring now regarding Black justice, a bit of reflection is timely.

The Santa Fe Branch of the NAACP strongly condemns the heinous destruction of the popular India Palace restaurant on Sunday night by apparent white supremacists.

Triple kudos to Ricardo Caté. His cartoon on the first page of the Opinion section of the Sunday New Mexican was the perfect way to remind us all to stop, cool down, t…

Santa Fe calls itself an environmentally friendly city. Enforcing the ban on plastic bags seems to be it. What about auto emissions control? What about plastic bottle use?

The Trump gang wants to carve up the U.S. Postal Service and serve it up to its ultra-rich pals.

Rededicate, don’t remove

Could the tourism authors (“New Mexico tourism promises to put safety first,” My View, June 14) have misidentified their target audience? Walking around the Plaza and …

I am a white mother of a beautiful black son. I fear for his safety. White adults perceive my son as both older and bigger than he really is. My son is 3 years old. Wh…

Congress provided us cash to stimulate the economy. The money would be deposited in bank accounts of those that had them. Fine. Then a few days ago, I got an unmarked …

Civil War historian William C. Davis notes in his book, Crucible of Command, that Robert E. Lee, years after the Confederate general’s role in the hostilities had ende…

I am concerned a very small minority of merchants and naysayers will undermine the proposal to close West San Francisco and other streets. If approved, this concept wo…

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza was quoted in The New Mexican (“Santa Fe County sheriff withdraws budget request for AR-15 rifles,” June 9) regarding the need and…

The similarity of the death of a young white man, Daniel Turner, in Farmington from a police chokehold to George Floyd’s death reveals the fact that racism isn’t the u…

The public recently submitted 5,024 comments, most disapproving of the U.S. Forest Service’s proposal for the controversial 50,566 acre cutting/burning project in our …

Forrest Fenn’s treasure hunt captivated the country and was in the news for the past 10 years. People lost their lives looking for it. We all dreamed of finding it, an…

During a pandemic and in times of civil unrest, it becomes clear that captions on TVs in public places such as restaurants, bars and waiting rooms must always be on du…

The world has watched and is weighing in and acting on the horrific death of George Floyd. Thanks to cellphone videos, we live in a time where increasingly tragic inju…

Regarding “Racism is just another virus” (Letters to the Editor, June 3): A virus is an intruder into a healthy organism; a bug, not a feature of a system. In contrast…

Several recycling centers within the city of Santa Fe have been closed for several weeks, and the recycling dumpsters have been removed, requiring many of us to take i…

Recently, the city of Santa Fe conducted an online survey, asking residents a series of impossible questions. Did we want to give up trash pickup? Maintaining streets?…

Thanks to Teya Vitu for the piece in The New Mexican about self-employed folks who (supposedly) have been overpaid (“Self-employed worried after letter demands repayin…

A helicopter flew circles around our city center for more than three hours Friday night. Aside from the noise and irritation, what possible purpose could this action a…

It was a cold and windy winter day in the Albertsons parking lot when I noticed a man and woman walking with a dog. The two both were wrapped in several layers of used…

“The WORST Health Organization” — The president’s ill-informed and shameful attack on the WHO is an example of the willful ignorance of not learning one’s history.

Walking and bicycling around Santa Fe these days, I have noticed that various medical gloves and masks are giving the miniature plastic liquor bottles a serious run fo…

Amid the horrific pain this county and our world are experiencing from the coronavirus pandemic, we have witnessed in the last few days another lethal virus that unfor…

I can literally hold my nose no longer. On Sunday, I went hiking on Chamisa Trail. Leaving the parking area headed up the valley, it was an actual poop-a-thon. I count…

Thank you to The New Mexican for the May 22 piece (“Memorial Day weekend — a nightmare outdoors? Our View)” and the excellent story by Robert Nott, (“Illegal campfires…

We support Valerie Plame’s candidacy for Congress because we know that Valerie has given to enumerable organizations and causes since the day she arrived in New Mexico…

Santa Fe’s Quality of Life Committee has moved along a proposed city ordinance mandating face coverings. It heads via finance to the full council for consideration June 10.

The New Mexico Public Health Association recognizes Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and her staff for decisive, data-driven leadership in fighting COVID-19 and maintaining…

Clark is the one

The city of Santa Fe is considering many budget cuts, and libraries are among them. My children and I have been weekly (or more frequent) regulars at La Farge Branch L…

Wake up, New Mexico, before your U.S. post offices disappear. The Trump administration and the GOP are trying to defund the U.S. Postal Service so people cannot vote b…

Let’s assume “we’re all in this together.” Let’s assume that those of us who are able to continue working are doing so safely and, further, that those of us who are ab…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is supposed to be fostering the recovery of the Mexican gray wolf in Arizona and New Mexico, is instead using aerial gunning,…

Congress must guarantee that anyone who needs nutrition assistance is able to access it and increase benefits to better serve struggling families.

Put crews to work by building drag-racing strips (“Spike in racers a drag for residents,” May 19). I’m sure the city owns land somewhere no one wants currently. In the…

Los Alamos is well-known worldwide as the birthplace of the atomic bomb. Did we miss the opportunity for Los Alamos to be the birthplace of COVID-19 testing, treatment…