Editorial: N.M. Constitution overdue for repair
In contrast to the spare language of our nation's Constitution stand the volumes of blather crammed into those of most states. New Mexico's charter has been the bane of governors, legislators, judges and our state's citizens, loaded as it is with ame ... Read more >>

Editorial: Coal use comes with hazards
To the list of environmental threats facing modern America, add coal ash. Seen largely as a necessary evil turned good by industrial recycling, the leftovers of coal-burning steam generators gained greater villain status on Christmas Eve 2008, when t ... Read more >>

Editorial: Will ethics beef prompt reforms by the city?
Give the Lone Ranger of the City Council credit for signing onto a concerned citizen's ethics charges against the councilor currently in charge of Santa Fe's government — whether or not those charges will get any results. District 3's Miguel Chá ... Read more >>

Editorial: Iraq occupation and costs are far from over ...
The biggest regret of all his presidency, George W. Bush told a TV interviewer during his waning months in office, "has to have been the intelligence failure in Iraq." A lot of people put their reputations on the line, he noted, when they said "the w ... Read more >>

Editorial: Monday's phone threats were against justice
It was a jarring reminder of what it takes to be a judge: Honesty/integrity, knowledge of the law, a keen analytical mind, fairness, compassion, a long attention span, a sense of when to assert oneself — and courage. On Monday afternoon, someone ... Read more >>

Editorial: Small business hostage to fat-cat greed?
Senate Republicans talk a good ballgame when small business is the sport — and well they should: Our nation's small-businesspeople embody the free-enterprise spirit of America — and they're the real generators of jobs; they employ two out of every th ... Read more >>