December 4, 2025
Opinion

New Mexico’s economic freedom now dead last
In a study published earlier this year, we highlighted the fact that New Mexico was the only state in the US to have lost economic freedom since 1981. We now know that it is worse than we thought.
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Distance learning must put students ahead of profits
Distance education must be part of New Mexico’s education future, but only if programs meet or exceed state standards, operate transparently, and accept responsibility for results.
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Rethinking the American Revolution
The USA is a miracle, and the revolution that made it possible could easily have gone the wrong way.
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Health of New Mexicans put at risk by energy gridlock?
In this era of political division, bipartisan support is necessary for our country and state to continue to move forward.
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Opinion: Fire hazard mounts as FEMA, Forest Service shrink in Mora County
It’s odd because this disaster has its own pot of money. The fires were the government’s fault, so Congress created a $5.45 million fund to fully compensate victims. So far, the office has paid $3.2 billion.
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Letter to the editor addresses traffic safety concerns
I have concluded the intersection located at 16th/Bowman and Main Street is one of the most unsafe intersections in Artesia. Since the speed limit on Main Street west of 13th Street is 35-40 mph, potential accidents could be extremely significant.
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Opinion: Republicans are failing to communicate to Americans
Why is this not getting through? Part of it has to do with the failure to acknowledge these facts by the media, which never hesitate to blame Republicans when prices go up and the government closes.
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Letter to the editor: Thank you, Artesia for supporting hospital mill levy
This success was truly a community effort.
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Does the Democrats’ chaos strategy work against Donald Trump?
Every day of Trump’s first year, there were either campus eruptions, Tesla firebombings, street violence against ICE, or crazy district judges’ injunctions.
Read MoreDoes the Democrats’ chaos strategy work against Donald Trump?Steve Pearce can bring his best self to BLM appointment
Pearce steps back into the spotlight just as the Trump administration has begun to repeal the BLM’s Public Lands Rule and Navajo activists protested the BLM’s possible revocation of the 10-mile buffer around Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
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