Opinion

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.

Opinion: The power of Christmas

In the Judeo-Christian world, December is a big month.

Cry the beloved Europe?

Americans, in turn, are worried that Europe is not just stagnating but is on a trajectory of permanent decline -- with dire consequences for the entire Western world.

Opinion: Apathy won the runoff in Albuquerque

Tim Keller has won another term as mayor of Albuquerque, the first to be elected to a third term in our city’s history.

Opinion: Legislature should health care worker compacts in 2026

The most immediate way that New Mexico lawmakers can expand access to health care is by joining all the interstate compacts for health care workers, which would make it easier for health care professionals who are licensed in other states to care for patients here in New Mexico, including via telehealth.

Opinion: The (non-Christmas) lists

Most of the people Time considers influential I have never heard of, so they haven’t influenced me. Maybe it’s a generational thing.

Commentary:Ah, the ‘70s – good vibes, fab food, nice prices

My man, my man, takin’ you outta sight with a tale that’s radical.

Opinion: Is AI a good investment or just the next financial bubble about to pop?

For example, 18 years ago, I quit newspapers to help found New Mexico’s first online newspaper, the New Mexico Independent. A few years after that, I co-founded the state’s first digital nonprofit media outlet, New Mexico In Depth, in the aftermath of the 2008 economic collapse.

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