McQuiston: ‘Bells And Whistles’ Allow Quality Auto Insurance Policies To Shine
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Agency
Serving Los Alamos since 1963
It’s next to impossible to watch any type of TV programming without seeing a commercial advertising how you can save money on auto insurance. But should you really purchase your auto coverage based upon the cheapest price?
Before I elaborate on this, allow me to ask you a different set of questions:
Would you hire an attorney based solely upon who has the cheapest hourly rates?
Would you hire a financial planner or investment advisor based solely upon their fees?
If you’re like most people, you probably answered these questions with Read More
Chandler: Hardball Unilateral Tactics … Poorly Conceived … Are Just What We Don’t Need For Our Downtown
By GEORGE CHANDLER
Los Alamos
Code Ordinance 02-317 proposes the creation of the Downtown Pedestrian Retail Overlay Zone (DT-PRO). It was passed by the Planning and Zoning Commission and will be introduced next week for a hearing by the County Council on July 27.
The ordinance has technical and legal defects, would not accomplish its intended purpose, and is an illegal and unconstitutional intrusion on the property rights of our struggling downtown business community. I urge Los Alamos Citizens to oppose this ordinance and the County Council to defeat it.
The ordinance apparently springs Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: June 29, 2021
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports & Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The weather forecast this week is for cooler temperatures with a good chance of significant precipitation. It couldn’t come at a better time with the Fourth of July weekend coming up.
We all know the Fourth of July and fireworks go hand-in hand. Despite being prohibited in many areas and on all federal lands; there is always going to be someone somewhere setting off fireworks.
The weather for most of June had been hot and dry, so there was justified concern over the possibility of a wildfire being ignited. Although the recent moisture will Read More
Posts From The Road: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water
Falling Water Exterior: An exterior view of Falling Water in southwest Pennsylvania shows the cantilevered levels of the house as well as the water fall below. The house has had major reinforcement steel and concrete to prevent the cantilevered levels from sagging over the years. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Treehouse: Falling Water appears as a treehouse from almost all exterior angles and directions. It was Frank Lloyd Wright’s intension to incorporate the human element, nature, and the architectural element into one cohesive unit. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
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Tales Of Our Times: An Ancient Parable Warned How Blind Men ‘See’ An Elephant
Tales Of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
For centuries, the parable from ancient India has taught the folly of six blind men sizing up an elephant. Even so, the delusions wrought by partial truths still squelch talk that would yield good ideas.
Our politics has dwindled to two big parties, each one stuck on promoting part of the facts. One party perceives a spear-like tusk; the other blind party says, “Not so. It’s all a snaky trunk.”
Politics pursues a phantom debate about which of two truths is true. Politicking excels at hiding the fact that two things can Read More
Fr. Glenn: E Pluribus Unum
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Oh look … July 4th next weekend! We typically say that we are celebrating the “birth” of this nation on that day because it is the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, but really it was more of “conception”—“carrying to full term” certainly was not assured at that point. There was still a long way to go—fireworks being reminiscent of the musketry, cannonades and “rockets’ red glare” that would follow for several years. Perhaps the actual “labor pains” of the nation began when the British finally surrendered in 1781 and the new nation had to hammer Read More
Home Country: Donorcycles
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
There’s something about the freedom of a motorcycle ride … the wind blowing through your hair, passing mere cars at light speed, mosquitoes splattered against your grin. I guess that was why.
But why would ol’ Dingle let Dewey Decker take his motorcycle out for a spin?
“Hey, I was right there,” Dingle said later. “I told him not to go past the neighbor’s mailbox, and I’d shown him how to run the thing. It’s not like he wasn’t supervised.”
But Dewey?
The problem is, Dewey has … occurrences. A Dewey Occurrence (and the capital letters are on purpose here) normally consists Read More
