Letter to the Editor: Flower Larceny a Shameful Act
Wanton destruction, apparently by someone taking pleasure in defacing a flower garden at Central Park Square Sunday. Courtesy photo
Flower Larceny
My predecessor, Tom Netuschil, established a custom at Central Park Square of planting Marigolds, thousands of them, every spring.
We have continued this tradition. It is an expensive and elaborately organized project, with very precise specifications on planting, mulching, irrigation, etc. Our highly capable maintenance crew, Cesar and Howard, cumulatively spend weeks carefully Read More
Yang: Change – We Want It; We Avoid It …
Change: We Want It; We Avoid It; We Always Want It For Others, But Only Maybe For Ourselves? — A Few ExamplesThis is a much longer post than usual; changes take time and space.
“Major changes in an entity [such as an organization, my words] take place on the boundaries. The most basic element of relationship is the boundary ‘not.’… Because all relationships are predicated in part on boundary ‘nots,’ changing the location of ‘not’ changes the entity’s relationships with itself and what it is not.” — Kenwyn Smith, in “Philosophical Problems in Thinking About Read More
Solo Traveler: The Stripper’s Keys
Solo Traveler: The Stripper’s KeysAs a solo traveler, I’ve learned the hard way that there is no one to count on but myself. That means I have to be über-responsible, always alert and on guard.
Traveling in second- and third-world countries, every day is a training ground. Literally, the ground must be watched carefully, or I will fall, trip, drop into a hole, or have my feet slide out from under me. Falling is by far my biggest travel fear, and I seem to have a trip per trip, no matter how careful I am.
The other great fear is losing something extremely valuable, like the Read More
A View from the Stacks: Check Out Southwest Collections at Mesa Public and White Rock Libraries
A View from the Stacks: Check Out Southwest Collections at Mesa Public and White Rock Libraries
Do you want a nice cozy place to sit and relax? Come to Mesa Public Library and check out our Southwest Room.
You’ll find a comfortable place, with nice easy chairs where you can browse the shelves for all kinds of books about the Southwest. You’ll also be surrounded by Native American artwork, which was acquired through donations from the Friends of Los Alamos County Libraries.
The Southwest Collection at Mesa Public Read More
Letter to the Editor: Response to Local Editorial Regarding 4th of July Event
By DON CASPERSONIn their editorial comment section of June 23, the Los Alamos Monitor chose to criticize the manner in which the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos is preparing for our annual 4th of July celebration at Overlook Park.
I would like to respond to that editorial with our own viewpoint, and to remind all of the residents of Los Alamos that a great deal of preparation and planning has already taken place, and much of that has been in consultation with the Los Alamos Fire Department. We take the safety issues associated with a fireworks display very seriously, Read More
Letter to the Editor: Democrats and Republicans Should Address Root of Problem
By Tom RibeBehold the shallow immigration debate in Congress! Watch as republicans struggle with their racist base. See Democrats embrace a symptoms based “solution” while the root causes go unaddressed like a starving dog in the yard.
Why do millions of people from Central America and Mexico come to the U.S.? Why do they risk their lives in hot deserts and dodge heavily armed drug gangs to get minimum wage jobs in freezing cities full of strangers? In Santa Fe hundreds of immigrants are homeless on our south-side.
Yes, the U.S. is a land of opportunity to an extent, but the flip side is that Read More
Column: June 26, 2013 Marks Beginning of Hope!
Column by Josh Dolin
June 26, 2013 probably does not carry a lot of meaning for most people. But for millions of gay Americans, including myself, it marked the beginning of hope for a nation-wide legalization of gay marriage. Or to me, a hope for equality in my future.
Just yesterday the Supreme Court made two historic decisions regarding gay rights. In United States v. Windsor, the court ruled that a section of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional. This discriminatory law signed by President Clinton in 1996 denied same-sex couples over 1,100 federal rights granted to opposite Read More
