Granillo: Every Child In New Mexico Has The Right To Learn How To Read
By CHELSEA GRANILLO
TeachPlus
Every day, as a first-grade teacher, I change the trajectory of my students’ lives through one simple act: Teaching them how to read.
As a student teacher, I was fortunate to have been trained by a gifted kindergarten teacher as my mentor. She taught me impactful literacy strategies, such as guiding children to generate word lists based on spelling patterns and building up their phonemic awareness skills to help them blend sounds together when reading simple words. Now, it is my turn to set my students up for success, as I welcome 24 tiny children into my classroom
Fr. Glenn: Big Week
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Big week this week. Superbowl Sunday. And then beginning of the Lenten season with Ash Wednesday … which, unfortunately, falls on Valentine’s Day this year. Well … maybe better to celebrate romance on Fat Tuesday this once, and thus keep whole the spirit of Ash Wednesday—that of repentance, for we Christians begin our annual “time in the desert” with Jesus in anticipation of the remembrance of His Passion and subsequent Resurrection at Easter. That repentance is the sign for which the ashes are applied to the forehead at the services on that day—the traditional sign of penance Read More
All Shall Be Well: What’s That Somethin’, Somethin’ On Your Forehead?
Clergy from left, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, Rector, Trinity on the Hill, Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Associate Priest Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Pastor Nicolé Raddu Ferry
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
“So it looks like you have a little somethin’, somethin’ on your forehead.” Did anyone say that to you this week?
If you answered yes, you probably are part of a faith community where the “imposition of ashes” is shared on Ash Wednesday. If you answered no, or if you were the person asking about that cross on your Read More
Op/Ed: Age ‘N’ Biden, Indeed
By JAMES RICKMAN
Los Alamos
My father died at Joe Biden’s age. The end came astonishingly quickly: a cancer diagnosis, several second opinions, a funeral nine months later. My mother was five years older than my father when she died, but I didn’t envy those extra years; dementia is a cruel thief that steals a person’s judgement, abilities and, eventually, their dignity.
I still recall when I noticed the weird change in Mom’s eyes that came before the dementia diagnosis, but after the onset of the relentlessly intensifying confusion that was so frustrating for her. I see the same subtle shift in Read More
McQuiston: Car Insurance Rates Skyrocket 17.8%–Why Is This Happening?
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
I came across this article in Forbes magazine and thought I would pass it along. The article was originally published in August of 2023 and updated in December.
Car insurance rates are up by double digits and drivers may not see relief anytime soon. According to the government’s latest consumer price index release, the cost of auto insurance soared 17.8% from July 2022 to July 2023.
Drivers currently pay an average of $1,668 for their car insurance policy, according to the online insurance agency Insurify. New Mexico, Nevada Read More
Op/Ed: Age N Biden
By GEORGE CHANDLER
Los Alamos
I love Paul Krugman.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/06/opinion/thepoint/krugman-biden-age?smid=url-share
I am two years older than Joe Biden. Like my hero Paul Krugman, I am disgusted by the tactics of the Republicans, who can’t find anything convincingly wrong with Biden’s performance (sterling in my view) so like everything else they do, they make stuff up by creating misinformation about his age.
Actually, I’ve become sensitized to discriminatory baseless BS about age. Political rhetoric now routinely calls on the old generation to make Read More
Skolnik: Reducing The Harms Of Alcohol In New Mexico – Critical Next Steps
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock
The House Taxation and Revenue Committee will decide in the next few days between two bills that address alcohol. One is evidence-based and takes account of best practice and would likely be very helpful in reducing alcohol consumption and raising additional revenues to address the harms of alcohol. The other bill is not based on best practice and would either lower the costs of alcohol for some groups, leading to an increase in consumption, or provide the alcohol industry with a $50 million windfall. I have just sent the letter below to the Committee. It takes account Read More
