Stradling: Allowed, Forbidden, Compelled?
By GARY STRADLING
Republican Candidate for County Council
White Rock
Allowed, forbidden, compelled?
As we were finalizing the negotiations on the Open Skies Treaty technical implementation protocols, the question was asked, “What about areas not specifically allowed by the Guidance Document?” The Russians immediately responded, “If it is not permitted by the agreement, it must be forbidden!” The Americans said, “If it is not explicitly forbidden, then it is permitted!” This was the third year I had been the Chairman of this 26-nation technical negotiating group, which met in Vienna Austria. Read More
Jewish Perspectives On Termination Of Pregnancy
Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Los Alamos Jewish Center News:
Over the course of two recent consecutive Monday evenings, the Los Alamos Jewish Center hosted an adult education mini-series entitled “Jewish Perspectives on Termination of Pregnancy”.
The presenter, Rabbi Jack Shlachter, shared relevant Jewish source text passages with the in-person and Zoom audience.
Rabbi Jack, who returned to Los Alamos this spring following a few years in New York, explained that the Jewish perspectives are heavily nuanced; some situations require that a pregnancy be terminated, others permit termination, Read More
Amateur Naturalist: Remarkable Creature At Ashley Pond
Picture 1: A blue-eyed darner dragonfly. Four dark spots can be seen toward the outer edges and fronts of each wing. Courtesy/Arizona Dragonfly
Picture 2: Two highly reflective compound eyes wrap around the sides of its head, and nearly touch one another at the top. Three simple eyes form a triangle between the compound eyes. The middle eye of the three appears white because of reflecting light. The other two eyes appear black and are on either side of the white eye. Two short antennae are visible near them. Minnesota Dragonfly. Courtesy/Jeffrey Fischer
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
A remarkable Read More
Fr. Glenn: Standing Strong
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
People will often complain that it’s hard to be a good person in this day and age. But is it, really?
Christians remember often those of early Christianity who had to worry about being hunted down and martyred in the Roman and other arenas … and, yet, many suffered even that rather than be unfaithful. Even today thousands of Christians are martyred annually around the world, but they remain faithful even while under threat of violent death.
A favorite in the Old Testament about faithfulness despite mortal danger is the account of Eleazar in 2 Maccabees 6 (in the “apocrypha” if Read More
Tales Of Our Times: Art Freed Saw To The Lab’s Borrowed Book On Krakatoa
Tales of our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
Art Freed passed away June 21. He was 92.
Freed was a steady agent for getting things right in all of his many pursuits. His lengthy pursuits included years as head of the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Research Library and years on the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee. I knew Art best in his work with the Los Alamos Historical Society.
In 2016, I happened to write a column about the explosive eruption in 1883 that destroyed most of the small volcanic island of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Read More
McQuiston: Thunder And Lightning … Very, Very Frightening!
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
After yesterday’s storm, I came across this article courtesy of Central Insurance.
Nearly all of us have probably had some sort of close encounter with lightning. At one time or another we have ignored the danger of an approaching storm to complete that last bit of yard work or putt out on the 18th green.
We tend to think the odds of lightning striking us are small, but how foolish we can be. It is, in fact, the number two storm killer (behind floods) in the U. S., causing more deaths than tornadoes and hurricanes.
Cloud to ground lightning Read More
Andrus: Termination Of Marriott Project Agreement
By PAUL ANDRUS
Director
Los Alamos County Community Development Department
This coming Aug. 9, the Los Alamos County Council will consider an ordinance to terminate the Project Participation Agreement (PPA) executed on Nov. 16, 2019, between Los Alamos County and TNJLA, LLC.
There is some disappointment as this project promised to create opportunities to significantly enhance the vibrancy of our downtown as well as complement efforts to diversify the economic base for Los Alamos County. We know that as the numbers of tourists and laboratory visitors in general continue to grow, the need Read More
