The state of the Republican Party is written in the resting expression of Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. In recent weeks, her gently furrowed brow, the flat line of her mouth…
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I wrote Baker and asked for his proof that Webber's camp had somehow lured a second woman into the mayoral election.
"No proof. Just conversations I overheard," Jay Baker wrote in reply.
Let’s see, what happens when TikTok meets Palestinian grievances about right-wing Israeli land grabs in Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem? And then you add the holiest M…
Chilly nights and warm days make this tropical take on the classic avgolemono an easy choice lately.
Now that the Pentagon takes UFOs seriously, it’s perhaps appropriate to consider some more mundane aspects of the phenomenon — namely, what it means for markets. UFO d…
Predicting earthquakes, removing CO2 from the atmosphere, and conserving water in New Mexico are only a few of the advances artificial intelligence has helped us accomplish.
Se estaba acercando el tiempo de Easter. Canutito estaba bien excited porque con la llegada de la Pascua, it meant que he would now be able to eat todos los dulces tha…
Ever notice people complaining about “ugly” new apartments never cite the apartments that aren’t ugly? Critical opinions are so much easier than constructive ones.
When I was a kid, there were really only three ways to drive in New Mexico: Fast, faster and Bobby Unser.
Most students with disabilities are not receiving Social Security benefits, but those who are do not necessarily have to worry about losing those benefits from working a summer job.
If children grow up believing that they need to dodge sadness, they will be missing out on much self-understanding and a lot of richness in their lives.
This week, we proposed regulations that aim to reduce air pollution in the oil and gas industry that contributes to ozone formation in New Mexico.
It's been 60 years since John Lewis and James Zwerg took a beating together. That was the price of desegregation.
Maddie is a 2-year-old cat that arrived at the Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society when a good Samaritan noticed the feline on the side of the road dragging h…
This veggie wrap is a fresh, easy and healthy lunch or dinner … and the sauce? Well that’s what makes it dreamy and craveable.
Board members of the Cobre Consolidated School District haven't yet selected a mascot to replace Redskins at Snell Middle School in Bayard.
We don’t hear much good news on climate change these days.
It sure feels like déjà vu for Ralph Casaus.
Luján, the freshman senator from New Mexico, sends out just as many statements as Trump. The difference is every rant from Luján and his handlers is about money.
Dollars4Schools has remained available to support public education in Santa Fe, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
You would think that in the wake of a crushing pandemic that has lasted well over a year and an economy on the ropes, state legislatures around the country would be ea…
In John Nichols’ insightful 1974 novel, The Milagro Beanfield War, Herbie Goldfarb is a VISTA volunteer who literally steps off a bus from back East into Northern New Mexico.
I’m wagering the designers of the Signal app are scratching their heads as they pore over the company’s spreadsheets this week.
What’s in a name? A mouthful of nuances.
Nicholas Bevins is still an outsider, this time in big-city politics. He is running for mayor of Albuquerque against impossible odds.
It isn’t that unusual to know someone who has had a heart attack.
On that date in 1862, Mexican military forces repelled occupying French armies at Puebla. It marked the beginning of the end of French rule in Mexico.
Amarillo once stood against the Jim Crow system of relegating nonwhites to the back of the bus. New Mexico's Republican leaders will travel to the city next month to escape the state's coronavirus restrictions.
The day he was hired as the University of New Mexico’s newest football coach on Dec. 17, 2019, Danny Gonzales was welcomed to Loboland by the school’s outspoken baseba…
This baked rhubarb tart with a Southwest twist is a celebration of early spring and a reminder of the bounty of summer fruits ahead.
Barring a comeback in bankruptcy court, a New Mexico success story is coming to an end.
By this time next week, the curtain on the high school basketball season will go up as the 2021 state basketball tournament gets underway — sans fans — in the Albuquerque area.
As the world celebrates Earth Day every April, we have to acknowledge we are way past the point of closing our eyes and imagining the terrible effects of climate change.
Un día, Canutito and Filimotas were playing at being soldãos in the Army. Where they were, cerca de la acequia, marchaban up and down como real soldiers diciendo cosas…
One possible answer to America’s housing crisis is to abandon custom homebuilding.
Leo, a 7-year-old male Maine coon mix, arrived at Felines & Friends in December after his owner died. Sweet Leo had been living in a playpen cage and was very timid.
It’s been 51 years now since the first Earth Day, when 20 million Americans saw clearly the destruction of paradise and determined to stop it. It’s time to honor the p…
This risotto keeps things simple, with stunning results. It's probably one of the easiest and most delightful dishes to make for a dinner party.
Never. That’s the last time the NBA saw a shooting stretch like the one Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors has assembled over the past few weeks.
Citing concerns over the potential spread of the coronavirus, the NMAA unceremoniously suspended the sport the morning of April 15, only to reinstate it just four hours later.
Aside from the prison system or the mammoth state Department of Health, no agency is as difficult to run as Workforce Solutions.
The Board of Education works best if the representatives know their constituents' issues, and that can only happen when constituents use their voices.
One of my favorite movies is Any Given Sunday, an excessive Oliver Stone production (maybe that’s redundant) about the excesses of pro football — and maybe, America itself.
¡Grampo Caralampio no podía creer sus ojos! As he kept studying el tíquete in front of his eyes though, he just couldn’t believe his eyes pero allí estaba: He had the …
Ernie Pyle's style made it easy for politicians to like him. He favored stories about ordinary people in extraordinary times.
I’m either on the edge of pollen burnout or I’m old, but either way I’m looking at the world through COVID-19-colored glasses.
If there were an overall theme for New Mexico’s current political situation, it would be the ongoing attempts by Democrats to placate their environmentalist base, whic…
Eric Griego will be an observer instead of a bulldog organizer trying to elect more liberals as he completes his dissertation at the University of New Mexico.
The thunderclap epiphany around water, growth and the sustainability of my local industry was provided by Doug Pushard, Santa Fe’s own national water expert.
The fact is, according to Animal Protection of New Mexico, as of 2019, state shelters take in about 135,000 dogs a year.
As the special election to fill New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District seat heats up, an important area of bipartisan common ground has emerg…
Teachers play an integral role in shaping strong, vibrant families and communities through their ongoing work of shaping the leaders of the fu…
It’s time for a forest revolution.
I’ve not followed the Vladems versus the Multi-Cultural mural saga, but it has a life of its own: It’s unstoppable because no one is counterin…
Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of articles on food and hunger issues in Northern New Mexico.
Our house was quarantined because I was sick.
I hopped on my trusty motorcycle last week and headed south to visit two wilderness areas that were new to me: the Capitan and White Mountains…
Rarely does a business have the responsibility to provide an essential service that is fundamental to our lives and at the same time have a ga…
My dad was a man whose actions reflected his words; a man of integrity. It took me a long time to appreciate his simple honesty and lack of co…
It seems as though teachers are the cheap labor of a big corporate factory in which the CEO lives rich by siphoning value off underpaid labor.
The New Mexican published a pretty good commentary on the surge of bicycling during the pandemic in the hope the surge would have staying powe…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently stated that 3 feet of separation in schools is as safe as 6 feet of separation. The re…
Our civic fabric is fraying. We are losing our sense of connection to one another, not just nationally but also here in our beloved city of Sa…
As an educator, advocate and New Mexican, I have dedicated much of my life to giving our state’s children the best possible education. Often t…
I have good news. Actually, it is great news. We do not have to wait for legal accountability for justice to prevail.
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