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Faith: Praising the day of ultimate victory in Christ
“This is the day that the Lord has made / We will rejoice and be glad in it.” If you find your brain putting the tune to those lyrics in your head, you probably learned it in... — Updated 3/21/2023
Homegrown singer back for jamboree
Roosevelt County's homegrown country music singer/songwriter Will Banister has his eyes set on a big goal: one day appearing on the stage of the Grand Ol' Opry in Nashville, Tenn.... — Updated 3/21/2023
Opinion: Carlson, Fox News dangerous fakes
What is going on with Tucker Carlson? In private messages unearthed by lawsuits against Fox News, the fiery host was a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, even as he... — Updated 3/21/2023
Opinion: Biden administration destroying banking
Banking must have been next on the to-do list of the things the Biden administration is planning to destroy. In two years, President Biden and the wrecking crew of crazies, wokester... — Updated 3/21/2023
Opinion: Transparency is key corruption deterrent in our governments
Public officials and employees love transparency in the abstract. In reality: not so much. Transparency in government is a crowd-pleasing election promise that gets set aside in practice. It happens in part because openness takes... — Updated 3/21/2023
Transparent Nord Stream investigation required
Approximately two months ago, the Seymour Hersh article, “How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline” appeared on Substack. No major newspaper chose to publish this... — Updated 3/19/2023
Letter to the editor - March 19
CCC already has qualified person for president position If I read the paper correctly, Robin Jones has been executive vice president for some time, and interim president at Clovis Community College since Aug 8. Why do we need to se... — Updated 3/18/2023
Opinion: DeSantis' Reagan roots can be a strength
Presumably, Donald Trump will never produce the dark secrets promised about Ron DeSantis’ past. But his team thinks it already has one -- the Florida governor once was a Reagan... — Updated 3/18/2023
Opinion: Nothing kind in ending life before its time
The late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin embraced a philosophy that perfectly captures the official Catholic position on human value: the “consistent ethic of life,” more commonly... — Updated 3/18/2023
Opinion: Sanders' brand of change attractive to many
It was 2016 and my brother Don called from Tennessee. It was primary election day there and he wanted to talk about it. He started with praise for a renegade candidate running on the Republican ticket, the billionaire businessman D... — Updated 3/18/2023
Opinion: Explore some alternatives to banks
How concerned are you when it looks like the banking system is teetering on the verge of collapse? Do looming nationwide economic disasters worry you? Banks are encouraged, perhaps... — Updated 3/18/2023
Opinion: Biden budget calls for more plundering of American taxpayer
Farmers know a thing or two about stewardship. If they don’t take care of their land, eventually it will cost them their livelihoods. Unlike farmers, who work to steadily build a better future, Vikings would plunder villages,... — Updated 3/18/2023
Buck Wilson: the greatest Greyhound
It's hard to think of many folks who have had a longer active association with Eastern New Mexico University than Buck Wilson of Portales. From the time he arrived on campus as a... — Updated 3/18/2023
Faith: Ask God for the courage to continue singing
It’s a sure sign that you’re beginning to learn at least a little about something when you begin to realize how very little you really know about it at all. And it’s an... — Updated 3/14/2023
Can't wait to share Buck Wilson's story
Forty years ago this May, I remember standing in a long line on the floor of Greyhound Arena to receive my diploma from Eastern New Mexico University. My dentist — and dear... — Updated 3/14/2023
Opinion: Interest rate cap study warning to NM
Elected officials who use the power of government to “help” people often fail to account for the possible unintended consequences of their actions. Even the noblest of... — Updated 3/14/2023
Opinion: Governments should compete for residents, not for businesses
Amazon.com Inc.’s pause of its plans to expand its second headquarters in Northern Virginia reflects some deep underlying trends — not just for metropolitan Washington, where I live, but for regional development more... — Updated 3/14/2023
Opinion: With free speech comes responsibility
It’s been a few weeks since Dilbert creator Scott Adams was canceled by hundreds of newspapers across the nation, as well as Canada, for racist tirades he unleashed on his own... — Updated 3/14/2023
Point: Make Standard Time permanent
Almost everyone hates springing forward and falling back every year. Moving clocks ahead one hour in March only to return them to their previous settings in November wastes time — literally. No adjustments to clocks change the... — Updated 3/11/2023
Opinion: Scott Adams aside, still plenty of comic strips out there
I’m heartbroken that cartoonist Scott Adams recently self-destructed — but hold the presses! This big, beautiful world still has plenty of comic strips to tickle our funny bones. Don’t believe me? I crunched the numbers and... — Updated 3/11/2023
Opinion: US's reliance on Russian uranium a growing problem
Hard as it might seem to believe, a year after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, nothing has been done to stop the flow of billions of dollars that Russia is making from selling nuclear fuel to the United States. The... — Updated 3/11/2023
Opinion: History of misleading journalism keeps repeating
Now don’t get me wrong, there’s absolutely no straight-line comparison, but it’s like good ol’ Mark Twain said: History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. Let’s start with a look at the birth of cable news. Ted... — Updated 3/11/2023
Opinion: Is it time to impeach President Biden?
Last week I discussed Seymour Hersh’s charges that Nord Stream was destroyed by the U.S. government, acting under the direction of President Joseph R. Biden. These charges have... — Updated 3/11/2023
Opinion: A freer world worth a little pain
Almost no one enjoys pain. Humans spend a lot of time, effort, and money avoiding it or trying to avoid it. Often, pain is unavoidable and sometimes it’s necessary. Occasionally,... — Updated 3/11/2023
Opinion: Proposed tax bill will cripple many state businesses
It seems as if everywhere you go in New Mexico these days, businesses have “help wanted” signs, or reduced hours and services, or both. Many New Mexicans had hoped lawmakers would offer meaningful business tax relief during... — Updated 3/11/2023