Fr. Glenn: Shepherding
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Ah, spring. Trees are leafing, temps are warming. Allergies are blossoming. And we come to the merry month of May—merry especially for our graduating classes, as well as the non-graduating who are looking forward to a little summer vacation. The roads are already beginning to clog with RVs as the snowbirds migrate northward. And as April ends, we come upon May Day.
Now, May Day (May 1) is a day of many aspects in different cultures. It has the aspect of the celebration of spring, but also of labor movements, and is one of the more important celebrations of communist and socialist Read More
Tales Of Our Times: News Ads Serve To Poison The Path To Wise Decisions
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
No doubt that politics is not all the same as growing a business. Yet success in either demands leaders who draw on the mixed skills of people to build a wise mix of ideas. The two endeavors have plenty in common. So, why do we suffer a pandemic of denying costs and benefits when policymaking?
Today’s system of hostile politics works to hide the fact that everything has pros and cons. Every choice made as a family or a business has both advantages and disadvantages. We know it in our bones, and in any big purchase, whether buying a house, a car, Read More
LAHS NJROTC Ends Year With A Bang
LAHS NJROTC team poses for a photo with all of their awards from the past school year. Courtesy/NJROTC
LAHS NJROTC team poses for a photo with all of their awards from the past school year. Courtesy/NJROTC
By C/ENS Miranda Lopez
Public Affairs Officer
LAHS NJROTC
April 1, Los Alamos NJROTC competed in the New Mexico State JROTC Military Skills Meet at Cibola High School.
Topper Company competed in marksmanship, color guard, physical fitness, unit personnel inspection, unarmed regulation drill, and, for the first time this year, armed regulation drill. The cadets were eager to show off their Read More
Catch Of The Week: Google Rewards Scam
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
In a trending scam, Gmail users are getting emails in their inboxes with the subject “Online Rewards Program”, letting them know they are the 18 billionth Google search and they have won a prize. The email appears to come from Google and the email message likely looks something like the image above.
And of course you have to click the link to claim your fabulous prize.
Can you even imagine if Google actually did give out prizes for searches? Google users make approximately 8.5 billion searches per day. Because sometimes you just need to know “Do androids really Read More
Gruninger: How To Know When You Are Doing Too Much?
By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos
My telltale sign that I am doing too much is that I can’t keep things organized and I forget things or double book clients/events. Thankfully, it doesn’t happen that often. I appreciate that I have a built in slowing down practice of yoga, breathing and meditation. However, it does happen.
What are your telltale signs that you are too busy? The truth is, most of us have been brought up in a culture of “busy” being the norm. And, if you aren’t, the question asked is, “what’s wrong with you?”. I want people to ask me that question all day – I want to be less busy. Read More
Leonard: Why Do We Procrastinate?
By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos
Procrastination is something we are all guilty of, some of us worse than others, myself included. Why is this a thing? Why do we delay completing tasks until the last minute and choose to stress ourselves out?
Increased cardiac risk factors and impacts to our sense of wellbeing are the ultimate paycheck for delaying tasks we need to do.
When we procrastinate we self-sabotage and the more we do it, the harder it gets to stop. This behavior doesn’t give us any long-term benefits but the reward of instant gratification is another ballgame.
In order Read More
Gessing: New Mexico’s Misguided Approach To Economic Development
By PAUL J. GESSING
Rio Grande Foundation
In her message in which she explained her veto of large portions of the Legislature-passed tax bill, Gov. Lujan Grisham wrote, “Although HB 547 has many laudable tax reform measures, I have grave concerns about the sustainability of this tax package as a whole.”
She wrote this while the State of New Mexico sits on a $3.6 billion budget surplus thanks to oil and gas revenues (a boom that shows no signs of slowing down). She also signed a 14 percent budget increase which grew the size of government by $1.2 billion and included everything from increased film subsidies Read More
