Editorials | Las Cruces Bulletin

My Thursday started with this comment: “There is more time behind us than in front of us.” Around noonday, a friend quoted a favorite movie, “The Shawshank Redemption”: … more

By Richard Coltharp | 12/14/23

Casa for a Cause reflects its community

The Las Cruces Home Builders Association’s Casa for a Cause program, formerly known as the Anniversary House, is the perfect microcosm for all that is right with our community. If … more

By Richard Coltharp | 11/2/23

Grads: Move slow and fix things

My unsolicited advice for this year’s graduates is simple: Move slow and fix things. In 2014, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg coined the phrase, “move fast and break things” … more

By Walt Rubel | 5/11/23

What was your best work trip?

Back in the 1990s, I was fortunate enough to be assigned not one, but two weeklong business trips to Hawaii. And another to Lake Tahoe. There was plenty of work to do, but time for activities … more

By Richard Coltharp | 5/11/23

Compensate those harmed by atomic blast

The movie “Oppenheimer” draws attention to the events at Trinity Site in New Mexico on July 16, 1945, and in the days leading up to the detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb. … more

By Walt Rubel | 8/3/23

The rankings of O Fair New Mexico

I’ve always viewed polls and rankings with a bit of skepticism. You have to consider who’s setting up the polls, who’s paying for it, how the questions were asked, what’s the … more

By Richard Coltharp | 8/3/23

Worst Muppet Show episode ever

For those who remember the Muppet Show on television, one of the joys was seeing celebrity guest stars surrounded by muppet characters, usually in a typhoon of comic mayhem. Today, the Muppet Show is … more

By Algernon D'Ammassa | 2/9/24

State, feds to lock horns on waste site

The United States government has a nuclear waste storage problem, and sees its solution in southeast New Mexico. Earlier this month, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the application by … more

By Walt Rubel | 5/19/23

What’s the real state aroma?

Now that New Mexico has an official state aroma, I’m already having second thoughts about its accuracy. The state legislature passed the measure in its 2023 session naming the smell of … more

By Richard Coltharp | 5/19/23

Wrong way to do the right thing

Three years of absolute power under an emergency order issued during the Covid-19 pandemic have apparently convinced Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that democracy is overrated. Last week the … more

By Walt Rubel | 9/12/23

Ban distracts from possible solutions

We’re all familiar with the saying “desperate times call for desperate measures.” That’s apparently the motivation for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s suspension of … more

By Richard Coltharp | 9/12/23

The Value of Opinion Pages

My childhood was unusual in that I spent a great deal of time around a diverse crew of adults, many of whom were argumentative. My parents entertained large gatherings of friends at least twice … more

Desert Sage | 12/29/23

Successful flight should boost spaceport

If you wonder if everyday people can make a difference in New Mexico, think of the Virgin Galactic spaceflight of June 29, the first commercial manned spaceflight out of New Mexico. I know what … more

By Richard Coltharp | 7/6/23

Congressional district in hands of judge

District Judge Fred Van Soelen of Clovis has until Oct. 1 to decide if the redistricting map that allowed Democrats to wrest control of the Second Congressional District will still be in place for … more

By Walt Rubel | 7/14/23

Election reforms will help NM voters

In last week’s column I explained why I think the secretary of state should not interfere in an effort to force a referendum on six bills passed this year by the state Legislature. This week … more

By Walt Rubel | 6/22/23

Aggies take it over the hump

In an old “Seinfeld” episode, Kramer and Newman are talking about whether days have a “feel.” “Tuesday has no feel,” Newman says. “Monday has a feel. … more

By Richard Coltharp | 10/3/23

20 colorful ways to spend your money

Did you get your $500 rebate-refund-tax-kickback from the state of New Mexico? I’ll probably spend mine on something practical, a couple of needed home repairs. Five hundred dollars is a … more

By Richard Coltharp | 6/22/23

Pegs to Hang Ideas On

Recently Merriam-Webster declared that English sentences may end with prepositions – a bit redundant since, there was never an actual rule against ending sentences with prepositions but, much … more

By Elva K. Österreich | 4/10/24

Parents, students have opportunity to help choose graduation requirements

With the governor’s signing of a new law updating the state’s high school curriculum, New Mexico families now have a prime opportunity to shape local high school course requirements in a … more

Mandi Torrez Guest columnist | 4/10/24

Now is the time to speak on OMDP plan

More than nine years after its designation as a national monument, the federal government has started the process to develop a resource management plan for the Organ Mountains/Desert Peaks National … more

By Walt Rubel | 7/6/23