December 5, 2025
Opinion

Letter to the editor
I live in Albuquerque, NM. I read an El Rito Media newspaper. I read the Cal Thomas column in the opinion section. The column related… Login to continue reading Login…


You owe $105,866
Stated another way, the U.S. has a $37 trillion national debt and we all owe a portion. How did we get here?
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Want to disrupt a neo-Nazi? Befriend their next recruit
“At a time when hate feels close, we respond not with fear, but with unity. Not with silence, but with resolve.”
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One big beautiful bill: anything but devastating
Democrats are the best in the world at making terrible things sound great and positive things sound… devastating.
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Democrats and their DEI albatrosses
A few Democratic officeholders, activists, and pundits are finally coming to their senses that their brand is toxic to a majority of the American people.
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One candidate gets real about New Mexico’s doctor exodus
Former Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima, in declaring his candidacy for governor, did something no other Democrat has been willing to do: he challenged his fellow Democratic candidates to refuse campaign funding from trial lawyers.
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Are some racist slurs OK?
One reason why the public turned on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) was its insistence that roughly 70 percent of the country was stereotyped as victimizers by virtue of their skin color.
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Medicaid reform/cuts are long overdue
Gov. Lujan Grisham recently went on the TV show Face the Nation to decry potential cuts to Medicaid.
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Renewing the mill levy is a vote for local healthcare
As a physician and CEO of Artesia General Hospital, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing the strength, resilience, and compassion of this community every day. I’ve also seen how access to quality healthcare—close to home—can change lives.
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