My View
Ugly Peace Corps volunteer No. 3
In 1971, I passed muster for Peace Corps service in Afghanistan and was flown to Kabul for training. I was hungry and desperate to get to the exotic land that I had vi…
Birthright citizenship is a distinct tradition of the American continents.
As a parent raising a child with an Individualized Education Program, the recent tasing of a special education high school student from the Española Valley aroused my …
Commentary
Trump to America: Who’s going to stop me?
In a new interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, parts of which were released Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump announced his willingness to betray and…
There’s a popular saying: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
What stands out as inescapably tragic about our wars in the Middle East is the death and suffering of ordinary people in those countries. Iraq provides a heartbreaking…
I understand the frustration with President Donald Trump and his daily tweets. I say I will ignore them, but often I don’t. The truth is if we wish to change Washingto…
My View
Vaccinate — or keep kids at home
I lived in Hawaii for 34 years. In Hawaii, a whole community with no immunity to measles went from about 800,000 population before contact with Europeans to only about…
On the corner of Cerrillos Road and Don Gasper Avenue, I saw a man working on his car as I crossed the street. He had the hood up and was talking with a friend. “Is th…
There are occasions when I have to drop the ironic mask. The 75th anniversary of D-Day was one of them.
The life-changing work that we do through the New Mexico State University Foundation Inc. is only possible with the collective giving from many different types of Aggi…
Even if you build it to last for only one weekend every April, they will come — they will come in droves — all sharing the pulsating-with-life experience that is the L…
There are some big changes coming to the way New Mexicans vote and, because of these changes, real costs savings are available for municipalities throughout our state.
This is a critical time for our forest. The U.S. Forest Service has just released the proposed plan for the 50,000-acre Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Resiliency Project…
019 ushered in a new day for public schooling in our state.
My View
Cancer is blowing in the wind
Spring has arrived and truckloads of Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup have appeared in stores and garden nurseries. How is New Mexico still allowing the sale of Roundup wh…
Commentary
Here’s a Green New Deal for New Mexico
As New Mexicans, we’re facing two challenges that simply can’t wait.
How do you measure a ministry? Is it by the number of members on the church rolls? The number of baptisms, weddings and funerals? The size of annual budgets or capital…
Kenneth Costello (“There’s no free lunch with energy efficiency,” My View, April 20) argues that utilities such as Public Service Company of New Mexico should not spen…
My View
Chaco: Protecting our holy land
Events of this year have brought us together in sorrow. Notre Dame Cathedral burned in Paris, and a domestic terrorist torched three churches that served African Ameri…
Birthright citizenship is a distinct tradition of the American continents.
As a parent raising a child with an Individualized Education Program, the recent tasing of a special education high school student from the Española Valley aroused my …
Commentary
Trump to America: Who’s going to stop me?
In a new interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, parts of which were released Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump announced his willingness to betray and…
There’s a popular saying: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
What stands out as inescapably tragic about our wars in the Middle East is the death and suffering of ordinary people in those countries. Iraq provides a heartbreaking…
I understand the frustration with President Donald Trump and his daily tweets. I say I will ignore them, but often I don’t. The truth is if we wish to change Washingto…
My View
Vaccinate — or keep kids at home
I lived in Hawaii for 34 years. In Hawaii, a whole community with no immunity to measles went from about 800,000 population before contact with Europeans to only about…
On the corner of Cerrillos Road and Don Gasper Avenue, I saw a man working on his car as I crossed the street. He had the hood up and was talking with a friend. “Is th…
There are occasions when I have to drop the ironic mask. The 75th anniversary of D-Day was one of them.
The life-changing work that we do through the New Mexico State University Foundation Inc. is only possible with the collective giving from many different types of Aggi…
Even if you build it to last for only one weekend every April, they will come — they will come in droves — all sharing the pulsating-with-life experience that is the L…
There are some big changes coming to the way New Mexicans vote and, because of these changes, real costs savings are available for municipalities throughout our state.
This is a critical time for our forest. The U.S. Forest Service has just released the proposed plan for the 50,000-acre Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Resiliency Project…
019 ushered in a new day for public schooling in our state.
My View
Cancer is blowing in the wind
Spring has arrived and truckloads of Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup have appeared in stores and garden nurseries. How is New Mexico still allowing the sale of Roundup wh…
Ringside Seat
Here’s the lowdown on a Little League team’s demise
I have no doubt that an adult from a rival league was behind the complaint and that it had no substance.
Notes from the North
St. Michael’s loses towering arboreal landmark
The felling of the tree beyond the outfield fence of the St. Michael’s baseball field was the elimination of a familiar local sports landmark.
Ringside Seat
Disappointment for a Little League juggernaut
It was announced in cryptic fashion Friday night that the Santa Fe softball team for girls ages 10 to 12 had been disqualified from postseason competition.
FOR THE BIRDS
Dip in hummingbird activity predictable in June
The key to consistent hummingbird activity, even during this slower period, is fresh nectar.
Etiquette Rules!
It’s showtime — put on your best performance at the theater
There’s no shortage of aggravating disturbances at the theater.
Roundhouse Roundup
Here’s why the phone keeps ringing
Sixteen years ago, the state government and the federal government each took an important step to rid this land of an annoyance that all right…
Roundhouse Roundup
Sheriffs speak out for rural residents
The number of Republican state legislators in New Mexico has decreased dramatically after the last two elections. The number of elected statew…
Roundhouse Roundup
Law-and-order gov. shadowed by police claims
When Susana Martinez was elected governor in 2010, there was little doubt that she was a bonafide law-and-order politician.
Roundhouse Roundup
Planning to run? Plan on letting people know
Candidates serious about winning aren’t afraid of tugging on the coats of reporters, columnists and editors to try to get coverage. But there are others who don’t seem to realize this simple, commonsense rule.
Roundhouse Roundup
Valerie Plame narrates video for "presidential candidate" Jim Terr
Third Congressional District Democratic primary candidate and outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, sometime in recent years, teamed up with a failed…
