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Julian Assange’s shadow lingers over press
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a U.S. courtroom to exercise his part of a plea deal, copping to a felony violation under the Espionage Act.

Open letter to one lucky driver
The clearest detail I remember about your car was the smoke coming off your tires, before we nearly collided on Amador Avenue Sunday night. You were stopped at a red light and decided to peel out, …

Would reform in Santa Fe make budgeting more transparent?
It is a common lament that, in spite of the efforts of our representatives and the local leaders who frequent Santa Fe during legislative sessions, there is a distant relationship between the …

Telshor Fund has come at a high cost
The Telshor Fund was created by the city in 2004 to bank its share of the revenue from the 40-year lease on Memorial Medical Center to Lifepoint Health, a corporation with 62 hospitals in 16 states. …

Special sessions show flaws in system
A recent town hall meeting in Las Cruces hosted by the Foundation for Open Government focused on the need for greater transparency at the Legislature during the budget-making process. There is, …

Special sessions show flaws in system
A recent town hall meeting in Las Cruces hosted by the Foundation for Open Government focused on the need for greater transparency at the Legislature during the budget-making process. There is, …

Golf tournament benefits Serving Seniors
The Southwest Center on Aging and Friends invite all golfers to play in and support their charity golf tournament at the New Mexico State University Golf Course on Friday, Sept. 30. All proceeds will …

Be a good partner: Tips for member-guest events
Member-guest and member-member events are special and memorable tournaments with fine competition, great fun and good times. If you have never played in these types of events, there is some …

Scorching summer sun poses problems for golfers
As I write this column on this early June day, I notice that the daytime high temperatures here in Las Cruces are going to be over or hovering around 100 degrees for the next two weeks. Playing golf …
Guest Column
In the heart of downtown Las Cruces, a vibrant and dynamic community is blossoming, driven by the passion and innovation of local entrepreneurs. At the Downtown Las Cruces Partnership, we are …
Apache Christ icon, by Robert Lentz OFM
The Catholic Church stumbled badly. In the dark of night, Father Peter Chudy Sixtus Simeon-Aguinam and his accomplices removed beloved paintings from St. Joseph Apache Mission on the Mescalero …
Louisiana passed a law last week requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom in an act of performative religiosity. It is “performative” in …
Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico is a primary support organization for the Success Partnership, which shares a common commitment to uplifting families in the region. One such …
For the past five decades or longer, the state Legislature has been planning for what we will do when the oil runs out. We’ve set up permanent funds to ensure we’ll be able to keep our …
Several years ago, when I was covering state government from Santa Fe, I attended the annual briefing given to reporters prior to the upcoming wildfire season. After going over the current …
We’re getting close to election season, which for me means again preparing to see and hear millions of dollars in advertising from liberal special interest groups smearing me and misleading New …
Expectations were sky high in 2005 when British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson inked a 20-year lease on a new spaceport that had yet to be built in southern New Mexico.

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Opinion Editorial
Monica

Tiny Gestures

It seemed like a tiny gesture, my wife, Sherry’s insistence on taking these Walmart 4 X 6-inch photos of women patients at the mental asylum, Vision in Action in Juárez and putting them …
Policewomen near Zocalo.

Celebration in Mexico?

"Todos son corruptos, todos son malos,” says Juan Carlos, the cab driver who is taking us from the Mexico City airport to our hotel near the Zócalo or central plaza. This was the first …

Journalism is not a crime

On May 15, New Mexico State Police and campus officers at the University of New Mexico tore down an encampment that had been established by protesters calling for a cease-fire in Israel’s …
Algernon D'Ammassa
A bill that passed the House of Representatives last week overreaches by branding legitimate speech and debate about Israel as antisemitic.
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 …
The Open Meetings Act is an easy law to break, which means promoting its importance and calling out violations is a responsibility of citizens, journalists, organizations like the New Mexico …

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Letters to the Editor

Don’t blame ag for water loss

Dear editor, “The hard decisions are going to have to come where the water is being used, and that’s in agriculture,” wrote columnist Walt Rubel (“Overdue plan for …

Secret Service failed Trump

Dear editor, As a result of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa. on July 13th, several thoughts have come to mind. In April, Mississippi congressman Bennie …

Democracy is participatory

“We need to save our democracy” is a rallying cry heard increasingly often in these times – from both sides of the political fence. The harsh reality though, is that our society …

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