Fr. Glenn: Dusting Off Resolutions
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Wow. Only a week until Christmas eve. That means the New Year is already almost upon us. Man … where did 2022 go? Oh, wait …
Yes, I’m behind the times, I suppose. Listening to “classic” Christmas music on Pandora and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” came on. Good ol’ Bing. And then … transported to past decades before all the tech stuff pervaded every moment of our lives—cellphones, computers, internet, video games, etc.—a much simpler, and in many ways, a much happier time.
It’s sad that kids are not just out and about nowadays playing in yards, flying kites, riding bikes; Read More
Denish: Climate Change Rocks Property Insurance Premiums
By DIANE DENISH
Corner to Corner
© 2023 New Mexico News Services
New Mexico is a great place to live when it comes to weather. Some studies show that New Mexico is also one of the safest places to live when it comes to natural disasters. We have no hurricanes, intermittent minor floods, limited tornadoes. Wildfires are one of the few risks.
All this sometimes leads us to believe we aren’t impacted by climate change. Think again. All you need to do is look at your property insurance premiums.
My attention was drawn to this in 2022 when property insurance premium on my house in Hillsboro jumped by 42 percent. Read More
All Shall Be Well: ‘While We Are Waiting, Come’
Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Associate Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo
By Rev. Deb Beloved Church
White Rock Presbyterian Church
“While we are waiting, come; while we are waiting, come.
Jesus, our Lord, Emmanuel, while we are waiting, come.”
“With power and glory, come; with power and glory, come.
Jesus, our Lord, Emmanuel, while we are waiting, come.”
“Come, Savior, quickly come; come, Savior, quickly come.
Jesus, our Lord, Emmanuel, while we are waiting, come.”
These are the lyrics of an Advent hymn (entitled, appropriately, Read More
Op-Ed: Regarding New Mexico Public Education Department’s Proposed Amendments To 6.10.5 NMAC
By VALERIE FOX
Los Alamos
I am a parent of an elementary-age student. I am objecting to the proposed amendments to 6.10.5 NMAC. As I understand it, our district is opposed to it as well. Our students, teachers and school board members are already reeling from a swath of changes last year that included extended calendars and have made no difference in testing in the state of New Mexico. In fact, there has been a decline in math test scores and barely any movement in reading. Math proficiency scores in this state dropped to 24% and we are last in the nation in education.
Our PED needs to be honest with citizens Read More
Rotary Club Of Los Alamos Gathers For 2023 Holiday Party
Director Maurice Sheppard of The Lasses and Lads of Enchantment introduces a song during their holiday performance at the Rotary Club Winter Holiday Party Dec. 12 at Cottonwood on the Greens. Photo by Linda Hull
The Lasses and Lads of Enchantment perform for the Rotary Club of Los Alamos during its Winter Holiday Party Dec. 12 at Cottonwood on the Greens. Photo by Linda Hull
By LINDA HULL
Rotary Club of Los Alamos
With Peace on Earth as the theme, the Rotary Club of Los Alamos held its Winter Holiday Party at Cottonwood on the Greens Dec. 12.
Peace on Earth is not only traditional to the holiday season, Read More
Parr-Sanchez: PED Tramples On Legislation, Ignores Issues
Mary Parr-Sanchez is a 32-year veteran educator teaching history and civics at Picacho Middle School. She is the mother of 4, grandmother of 2 and the elected leader of the National Education Association in New Mexico
By MARY PARR-SANCHEZ
New Mexicans across all races, diverse and unique backgrounds, and geographically wide zip codes from Aztec to Alamogordo, want our students engaged in learning and attending school every single day.
We want students to graduate from our public education system ready to thrive in college, their chosen profession and, ultimately, life in general. Student Read More
Robinson: Who Benefits From Immigration Myths?
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2023 New Mexico News Services
About those holiday discussions…
Recently, I wrote about studies suggesting that instead of avoiding politics as we share meals with the extended family, we should go ahead and dive in – to the food and the subject matter. If we can manage civil conversations, the researchers suggest, it might reduce the national temperature.
I had an opportunity to try this out. It wasn’t over Thanksgiving dinner but over a speaker phone in a car as my cousin and his wife drove to his brother’s house for dinner. After the usual joking and catching up, Read More
