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When I first started writing regularly for the Bulletin about a year and a half ago, the paper was fairly thin. Just a couple of standing columnists in the opinion section and the occasional letter to the editor.
I am pleased to see that the...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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3/5/26
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In mid-January the PGA Tour kicked off its 2026 season with the Sony Open on Oahu, Hawaii at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. Normally, for years the first tournament was the Sentry Tournament of Champions held at Kapalua Country Club on Maui,...
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Charlie Blanchard
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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2/3/26
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The bill is filed. The first committee is assigned. Four legislators are proud to be on the governor’s call to hear only certain bills. And I feel victimized all over again.
I can’t help but analogize the introduction of this bill as akin to...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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2/3/26
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Duke Rodriguez makes some fair points in a recent column holding Democratic state leaders accountable for our health care crisis.
“It is a full-scale, statewide health care breakdown unfolding in real time,...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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2/3/26
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In order for a police department to be allowed to hold its own academy in its own districts, it must have access to three specific components of the academy: a shooting range, an agility or obstacle course, and a driving track. Of course, Las...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/23/26
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I don’t do New Year’s resolutions, but I decided last week to follow up on something I’ve been talking about for months - adopting a dog.
And so, I went to the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley to pick one out. I’ve adopted cats from...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/8/26
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One of my wishes every year at this time of year is that folks in Las Cruces continue the phenomenal fundraising accomplishments as so many organizations thrive on golf tournaments as some of the most successful events to generate funds for...
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Charlie Blanchard
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/8/26
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I am no stranger to anxiety, second-guessing and self-consciousness. And some of the most competent people I’ve ever known are afflicted by similar questions about their self-worth, even when the world views them as aficionados in their respective...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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1/8/26
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PGA Tour golfer JC Snead passed away on Apr. 25, 2025 after a struggle with cancer; he was 84. The nephew of golfing legend Sam Snead, Jesse Carlyle Snead played in 1,097 professional tour events, making the cut in 915 of them.
Snead graduated...
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Charlie Blanchard
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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12/31/25
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My three favorite movies during the holiday season are “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “Miracle on 34th Street,” and “A Christmas Carol.” All three are classics; all three are inspirational; all three offer lessons we all can use to be better...
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Charlie Blanchard
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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12/11/25
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I am not a fan of the old adage “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” I have been known to rebut with “Well, then I’d just as soon hold his head under.” But then again, that could lead to a drowned horse.
I tried to...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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12/11/25
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The big fight in next year’s legislative session is shaping up to be a battle between an unlikeable force and a detestable object.
On one side we have greedy, soulless corporate health care executives. On the other side we have greedy, soulless...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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12/11/25
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Like all 30-day sessions, next year’s is going to be a busy one for the New Mexico legislature, starting with the opening day, Jan. 20, when the Democratic Party will host an invitation-only dinner at the La Fonda Hotel.
Jan. 21 is Eastern New...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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12/5/25
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Las Cruces’ current reality is that youths as young as 14 years old are stealing cars to break into a local gun store at 2 o’clock in the morning.
For those that don’t know, Strykers Shooting World is my family’s business. It is where my husband...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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12/5/25
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When did drug dealers become “narco-terrorists?”
The word “terrorist” is typically used to describe religious or political fanatics who kill or injure innocent people, often in horrific ways, in an attempt to instill a sense of terror in the...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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11/20/25
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Voters once again re-elected all of the candidates running to the local school board a couple weeks ago. This, despite consistent failures in the measured competency of our children in this state and in this district, along with graduation rates a...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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11/20/25
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Rumors are swirling amongst the state representatives and senators that the governor will call yet another special session in the coming days. Bill themes originally centered around gun legislation but have now shifted to social assistance...
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Shawna Pfeiffer For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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11/10/25
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Jeffrey Epstein was a wealthy man seeking privacy in the 1990s when he purchased a sprawling ranch near the Sandia Mountains outside of Santa Fe that had once been owned by former governor and attorney general Bruce King.
Now, three decades...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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11/10/25
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I feel like we just got suckered into buying a timeshare based on the sales pitch that it’s a one-day-only deal and if we don’t act now, we’ll never have this chance again.
I don’t know enough about Project Jupiter, an AI data center campus to be...
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Walt Rubel
For the Las Cruces Bulletin
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10/2/25
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