Fr. Glenn: Silk Purses And Sows’ Ears
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Wow. Apparent assassination attempt on former president Trump yesterday (July 13). I think the last one was against President Reagan by John Hinkley Jr. back in 1981 just a couple of months after he was elected, and then Pope John Paul II’s assassination attempt a couple of months later. Much more will come out about this in the next few days. It would be hard to deny that Trump’s getting up and vowing to continue the election fight right after getting shot was pretty dang impressive—reminiscent of when Reagan quipped to his wife Nancy in the hospital: “Honey, I forgot to duck.” Read More
All Shall Be Well: ‘Alternate Merge’
Clergy from left, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, Associate Priest Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By The Rev. Mary Ann Hill
Rector
Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church
One my biggest frustrations where I used to live was the evening traffic. There were many stoplights and traffic often backed up for miles. Consequently, I spent years of frustration, wondering why NOBODY in that town knew how to “zipper merge”.
What is zipper merging? It’s simply taking turns. Theoretically, if drivers use both lanes Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews: Fly Me To The Moon
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
“Fly Me to the Moon” opened July 11 across the nation featuring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. Based loosely on the Apollo XI moon landing July 20, 1969, this highly entertaining movie riffs off an old conspiracy theory that the government filmed a fake moon landing and passed it off as the real thing. Fortunately, in the 55 years since, we have come to recognize that theory as the hoax, but it does provide this film with a plotline.
Those of us who were around in 1969 will remember being glued to our TV sets to watch the first humans to step on the moon. We may not Read More
Gessing: Kids Count Report Highlights Government Failure
By PAUL J. GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation
The latest edition of Kids Count provides more devastating news about New Mexico and the condition of our children. The report, created by the Annie E. Casey Foundation (a center/left non-profit that works nationwide) analyzes and ranks all 50 states based on 16 variables relating to childhood outcomes.
Surprising absolutely no one, New Mexico again was at the very bottom once again at 50th. I analyzed the report and counted 7 variables that improved, 7 that got worse, and 2 that stayed the same relative to last year’s report. Based on this it Read More
Fr. Theophan: Every Discipline Begins With The Basics
A table full of pottery. Photo by Fr. Theophan
By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos
As I am nearing a full half-century on this planet, and as I have a wife who is concerned that I spend at least most of the second half of a century alive with her, I went to the doctor today for an annual checkup. For convenience’s sake, we scheduled my daughter’s physical as well, right before mine. As expected, she’s in much better health than I am.
While we were waiting to take a second blood-pressure reading (hoping in vain that it would come down a little), I found out that our doctor dabbles Read More
McQuiston: Share The Road
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos since 1963
We have all encountered scenarios in which other drivers make us shake our heads. People often are quick to accuse other drivers of being reckless, but if pressed, they may admit to sometimes driving recklessly themselves.
If unsafe driving is everyone’s problem, what is the solution?
Assume You are Invisible
- It can be easy to assume everyone else on the road is paying attention, following traffic laws, and can see you clearly. However, that is not always the case. Next time you are expecting another driver to respect your
Skolnik: Should COVID Still Be A Priority?
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock
How much priority should public health put on COVID these days? Aren’t the risks of COVID so diminished that we don’t have to worry about it anymore?
In public health, as in other fields, there are well known principles for setting priorities, that largely have to do with:
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- The impact of the disease on illness, disabilities, and deaths.
- The availability of cost-effective, doable, and sustainable approaches to addressing the problem.
- Fairness/equity.
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When it comes to the burden of COVID disease:
- Provisional CDC data has COVID as the 10th leading cause of death in
