Today's Opinions

Let’s start with this reality-based premise: The “national security crisis” we face is mostly internal. The violence and crime in our schools and on our streets doesn’t have anything to do with foreign-born “illegals” and terrorists. They’re almost entirely the result of angry and/or disturbed Americans.

Precious few readers will dig what I’m now mentioning, but that’s not intended as a criticism of them. Rather, I write this because of my ripe old “forget-age.” Here goes:

Fair pay for honest work. Let’s start there, where I think we can all agree. Too many New Mexicans, however, are trying to make a life or jumpstart a young working career out of what is effectively spare change.

Workers and students and part-time working parents all across New Mexico are taking home too little, trying to stretch dollars as far as they’ll go to pay for basic necessities.