Life After 50: My Mama’s Mama
Courtesy photo
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions
I’m sure you thought this would be a nice story about the mother of my mom. Well, it is a nice story about someone, but her name is Mama and I’m her mom. More on that in just a minute.
As Mental Health Awareness Month ends, I thought I would reflect on the month and suggest a new idea for anyone that struggles in life. Thanks to the Women’s Christian Service Society of the United Church, Champions of Youth Ambitions has been teaching QPR (Question, Persuade Refer), a free one-hour suicide prevention presentation, Read More
Robinson: Big Beautiful Bill Has Hidden Costs
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
During recent debates over the president’s big beautiful budget bill, I wanted to know how the safety net would work. After all, New Mexico has the nation’s highest per-capita rate of Medicaid coverage with 840,000 people enrolled, more than 40% of the state’s population.
Nationally, Medicaid covers more than 71 million poor, elderly and disabled people. The big beautiful bill would cut the program by nearly $700 billion over 10 years and take health coverage away from more than 10 million people.
The big numbers and potential impacts generated endless debate Read More
Pawlak: Buying Bridges Is So Passé
By JOHN PAWLAK
Los Alamos
In days past, saying that someone was willing to buy the Brooklyn Bridge was a nice way of calling them a gullible person who would buy anything. Now, having seen the Brooklyn Bridge myself, I can tell you that at any price, it would be a lousy purchase!
But that was before the internet and online stores made it easy to buy things with the click of a button. The frantic buyer, eager to find anything to buy, can now find anything that can be imagined.
You don’t need six million dollars and a passion for duct-taped bananas to join the parade of mindless spending. Let’s start with something Read More
Dannemann: Medicaid Budget Cuts Will Make It Cost More
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2025 by Merilee Dannemann
The American system of paying for healthcare is absurd. It’s complex, it’s confusing, it wastes enormous resources on administration, and it doesn’t necessarily get patients the services they need. But it can be made worse. Republicans in Congress are trying.
The bill that just passed the US House of Representatives proposes to save money on Medicaid. The Republicans have resurrected old ideas that have already been proven not to work by claiming they are bold new solutions.
This is what the so-called work requirement sounds Read More
Posts From The Road: Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
Sabino Creek: Sabino Creek flows from higher in the Santa Catalina Mountains and becomes the focal point of Sabino Canyon Recreation Area. Water from winter snowfall and the summer rains keeps the small creek flowing throughout the year. The cottonwoods and other trees were just beginning to show off the spring green when we visited the area in March. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Saguaros: Views are abundant through Sabino Canyon, both in the canyon and the surrounding mountainsides. Shown are Saguaro cacti as they decorate this hillside along with rock formations and a variety of Read More
Fr. Glenn: Following The Path
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Well, ‘tis Memorial Day weekend—a time to remember our honored dead who died in war and other service to our nation and its people … those who offered and gave all that they had to give. And whether one does or does not agree with the public policies that led to them being in harm’s way, it does not diminish the selflessness of these men and women’s service. One need only walk the gardens of stone of any national cemetery, imagining the heart-rending cry of surviving comrades and families whose tears water the grounds in which lay their brothers and sisters in arms and their loved ones. Read More
Tales Of Our Times: No Mammoth Brand Routinely Provides The Whole Truth
Tales Of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
Los Alamos
No Mammoth Brand Routinely Provides The Whole Truth
Political parties fib to their fans; other fibs start among fans. Fibs do not equate to lies. Fibs simply encourage misunderstanding by omitting key facts. In this same way, commercial ads reliably skip facts that brand owners hope will be forgotten. Currently, fans of either team have fibs going around about “due process”.
Some portion of Trump fans worries that their team could be bypassing due process in some actions taken. Trump foes use protests and the media to mount endless claims that Trump Read More
