Opinion

Bethany Jarrell: Student success requires insurance equity for educators

Six years ago, the average New Mexico teacher earned $180 more than the average New Mexico state employee.

New Mexico should consider the science of treated produced water

New Mexico now has a promising path for addressing its water resource challenges.

Opinion: The folly of ‘energy transition’

It is an absolute fact the emissions associated with the generation of reliable, affordable, and available electricity correlate directly with economic well being and prosperity.

Opinion: Movies give us heroes. History gives us flawed giants

After Taos Pueblo objected to the name of Kit Carson Park in Taos, the town council voted in November to change it to Red Willow Park; this pueblo calls itself the Red Willow People.

Opinion: Escaping a world on fire through books

Books are my sweet spot.

Opinion: Ever again

How many more Jews must die before the world wakes up and does something about it? Maybe that’s the problem: the world doesn’t want to wake up as too many people are fine with hating Jews.

Opinion: There’s plenty of good news to report for 2025

In the spirit of the season, I’m devoting this week’s column to good news. Despite the dark times we think we live in, there’s a lot to buoy our spirits.

Opinion: Christmas, then and now

The reason for Christmas is easy to explain, but difficult for many to understand.

Opinion: Slouching toward open season on Jews

Jews celebrating Hanukkah were just slaughtered by Muslim gunmen on an Australian beach, in an imitation of the October 7 massacres.

Opinion: Can the Dark Ages return?

Western civilization arose in the 8th century B.C. Greece. Some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate 400-year-old Dark Age. That chaos followed the utter collapse of the palatial culture of Mycenaean Greece.

Opinion: Addictions undercut everything that makes America great

Nothing President Donald Trump is pushing in his war on drugs would have saved Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner.

Opinion: The real reason for the season

The meaning of the birth of Jesus has evolved for me over the years.

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