Albq. FBI Special Agent In Charge Raul Bujanda: Historic Number Of Police Officers Killed Should Raise Alarms
Mementos left at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial include cards displaying the names of fallen FBI personnel and flowers for all the fallen. Courtesy/FBI
By Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujanda
Albuquerque FBI
Every day, federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement officers in New Mexico pin on their badges, strap on their duty weapons and head out to protect their fellow citizens.
Many kiss a spouse, children or loved ones farewell, hoping to meet again soon.
For some, that reunion never happens.
According to The Officer Down Memorial Page Inc., three New Mexico officers Read More
Huang: Best Wishes To Team USA Of Beijing 2022 – From A Former Beijing Student
Best Friends, Chinese Olympic volleyball star Jenny Lang Ping and American Olympic volleyball star Flo Hyman. Courtesy photo
By ZHEN HUANG
Los Alamos
My Olympic passion can be traced back to my college years. At the time during the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, I was a student at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
I remember that hot Beijing summer night when we cheered for the Chinese women’s volleyball team for winning the gold Olympic medal. What made that game so exciting was that the Chinese Team lost the first two sets to the America Team but reversed the loss in the following three Read More
Home Country: Americans Don’t Quit
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
Steve pulled his pickup to the curb in front of Windy Wilson’s small house and started to become erect. This has become more of a project than it used to because there’s still a lot of Steve to uncramp, and he’s not as young as when it was easy.
“Come on in, Steve,” Windy yelled. “Coffee’s on.”
Steve petted the dog, Ramses, and then went to the kitchen table. “Kinda wondering why you asked me to come over, Windy. I mean, heck, we talk to each other every morning over coffee at the Mule Barn.”
“This here’s gotta be a private conversation, Steve,” Windy said, pushing his hat back Read More
Gruninger: The Niyamas – Contentment (Santosha)
By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos
The second Niyama on Patanjali’s 8-fold path is Santosha or contentment.
This Niyama asks us to fall in love with ourselves and our life as we are and it is right now. If it’s a brilliant New Mexico day, we are content, if it is a snowy, rainy, icy day, we are content.
Of course, here in Los Alamos, I enjoy a gray and rainy day. But you get my meaning right?
Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat, Tik Tok, magazines, ads, store aisles, books etc. sell us a bill of discontent. These social media platforms and our buy, buy, buy, beat the Jones, look better, feel better, Read More
Leonard: Hack Your Life With The Spuds Diet?
Courtesy photo
By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Many fad diets have hit the headlines through the years, and it feels like you need a PhD in nutrition to decipher, which ones work and which don’t.
The latest and greatest fad that I recently came across is championed by Dr. John McDougall MD in his book “The Starch Solution”.
Dr. McDougall is a professed vegan and expert on veganism with several published books on diet and how it affects our health. When I first came across a headline about potatoes and weight loss, I was skeptical to say the least.
As I started unrolling more information on Google, Read More
Posts From The Road: The Colorful Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean In Langtry, Texas
Visitor Center: The Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center in Langtry, Texas, along the Rio Grande north of Del Rio, Texas. The center features artifacts from the days this colorful character served as Judge. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Jersey Lilly: Roy Bean owned the Jersey Lilly Saloon and conducted court hearings on its front porch. Bean was an odd and unqualified judge but held the position for 20 years. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
During our recent visit to west Texas, we made time to stop at the Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center in Read More
Fr. Glenn: Moral Dilemmas
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
In the movie “Eye in the Sky”, a covert operation is tasked with finding and eliminating certain terrorists. The terrorists, known for arranging suicide bombings which had killed scores of innocents and are about to deploy for further attacks, are found and targeted with a drone armed with Hellfire missiles.
But, just as the strike is authorized, a little girl sets up a table to sell bread within the projected blast radius. So, continue the strike to the almost certain death of the little girl, or abort the strike and potentially sacrifice tens, if not hundreds, of other innocents? Read More
