Op-Ed: A Poem For The Times
By REBECCA SHANKLAND
Los Alamos
2025 Version of “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor”
[original on the Statue of Liberty by Emma Lazarus]
Give me your rich, your white
Your upper classes taxed for their great wealth
Your moneyed techies full of snobbish spite
Send these, the wealthy upper crust in stealth
Their visas get them in the golden door. Read More
Daily Postcard: Violet-Green Swallow Perched On Bare Branch At Edge Of Canyon Rim Trail
Daily Postcard: Violet-green Swallow perched on the edge of the Canyon Rim Trail in White Rock, near Kimberly. Although these swallows do perch, they are most often seen in flight. All About Birds calls them ‘aerial insectivores which perform acrobatic stunts over lakes and streams high in the sky in search of flying insects.’ They may look dark at first but with good lighting, one can see their green backs and purple rumps. Photo by Richard Skolnik Read More
Pages Of Our History: Ranch School Boy Robert Douglas Stuart Jr.
Robert Douglas Stuart Jr.
By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos
Robert Douglas Stuart Jr. attended the Los Alamos Ranch School in 1923-1924. After leaving here, he was a member of the 1937 Class of Princeton University. From there, he went to Yale University Law School, but World War II was on the horizon.
At Princeton, Robert studied politics and then went on to law school at Yale where he joined classmates in founding the America First Committee. Along with him in the effort were future U.S. President Gerald Ford, future Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, and future Yale President Kingman Brewster. Read More
An Open Book: Ode To The White Rock Library … And This Column’s 10th Anniversaries
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
Editor’s Note: Along with recognizing the 10th anniversary of the White Rock Branch Library (ribbon cutting held July 31, 2015), the Los Alamos Daily Post is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the popular column, “An Open Book”, written by David Izraelevitz (first published Aug. 5, 2015). Below is that column.
I recently visited Carol A. Clark and Bonnie Gordon at the Los Alamos Daily Post office to congratulate them on the inaugural print issue of their newspaper.
As a fellow hard-hitting journalist, I know how challenging it is to maintain a high quality press Read More
Daily Postcard: A Bee Enjoys Vibrant Pink Flowers
Catch Of The Week: Ticket Smishing—It’s Back! But Different!
By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
They’re backkkkkk..well kinda, they did change it up a bit this time. Now they are claiming to come from the “New Mexico Motor Vehicle Administration”, I guess someone finally told them that NM does not in fact have any toll roads.
What is smishing? Smishing is phishing via SMS – text message, as opposed to phishing, which is when they try to trick you into giving up sensitive information via email attack.
These attacks started up again this year, and thousands of people have already reported the attacks.
In 2024 the FBI had warned about this scam, “Since Read More
Travel: Paradise Found In Italian Lake District
Lake Sils is an ideal place to kayak with beautiful scenery and calm water. Photo by Debbie Stone
Approaching Villa Balbianello by kayak provides the best views of this stately estate. Photo by Debbie Stone
By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
I was finally one with my paddle and I glided efficiently and smoothly through the water in my kayak. The feeling was Zenlike, as the motions had a meditative quality to them. My movements were instinctive and almost effortless. And instead of being hyper-focused on doing all the right things, I was able to actually relax and really take in my Read More
