Opinion | Las Cruces Bulletin

Posting commandments in classrooms is a performative act

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 … more

Trip Jennings
New Mexico In Depth | 7/1/24

Overdue plan for state’s water future

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 … more

Walt Rubel
Las Cruces Bulletin | 7/1/24

Direct cash assistance lifts up families

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 … more

Mark A. Hohnstreiter | 6/28/24

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. more

Algernon D'Ammassa
Las Cruces Bulletin | 6/27/24

Careless errors can lead to tragedy

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 … more

Walt Rubel
Las Cruces Bulletin | 6/26/24

On abortion and where I stand

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 … more

Yvette Herrell
Guest columnist | 6/25/24

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 … more

Charlie Blanchard
Las Cruces Bulletin | 6/24/24

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, … more

Algernon D'Ammassa
Las Cruces Bulletin | 6/20/24

Spaceport needs reliable partners

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. more

Walt Rubel
Las Cruces Bulletin | 6/19/24

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 … more

By Morgan Smith | 6/14/24

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 … more

Algernon D'Ammassa
Las Cruces Bulletin | 6/14/24

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 … more

6/7/24

Our role in keeping November election cool

The aftermath of Donald Trump’s conviction last week on 34 felony counts of falsifying business during his 2016 presidential campaign has included a dismaying effort by supporters to identify … more

Algernon D'Ammassa
Las Cruces Bulletin | 6/6/24

Questions about proposed city tax hike

Let’s start with this: The city budget will never be large enough to address all of its needs. And so, it’s not surprising that public support for a proposed increase in the gross … more

Walt Rubel
Las Cruces Bulletin | 6/6/24

NM must get serious about public safety

Just when we thought things could not get any worse. Forbes just named New Mexico the number one most dangerous state in the United States. This is the direct result of soft-on-crime policies and … more

Kimberly Skaggs
Guest columnist | 6/6/24

The House Chambers inside the Roundhouse on Jan. 10, 2024.

Progressives send #MeToo message in primary

Challenger Heather Berghmans trounced Albuquerque Democratic Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto in Tuesday’s District 15 primary. Berghmans won 80% of the vote against a senator who less than two years ago … more

Marjorie Childress
New Mexico In Depth | 6/6/24

Court gives green light to gerrymandering

The U.S. Supreme Court has just stripped away the final protections against gerrymandering. With a series of rulings in the 1960s, the court established that the 14th Amendment required … more

Walt Rubel
Las Cruces Bulletin | 5/30/24

Old man yells at the cloud

As I wade into the high-risk group for grumpy old man syndrome, I aspire at least to be studious about it, for my own peace and to be less insufferable. The gates to seniordom open to me and what I … more

Algernon D'Ammassa
Las Cruces Bulletin | 5/30/24

Ten years on, OMDP deepens pride in southern NM public lands

It’s hard to believe that it has been a decade since we celebrated President Obama’s historic designation of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. I first got to … more

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich
Guest columnist | 5/30/24

No. 1 Scheffler survives a surreal day at Valhalla

It was a dark and stormy night. Actually, it was raining in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, May 17, when traffic became snarled heading near the entrance to Valhalla Golf Club on the outskirts of … more

Charlie Blanchard
Las Cruces Bulletin | 5/30/24