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Fr. Glenn: Finding Rest

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Last weekend Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria fell to what have been reported to be U.S.-backed rebels. Subsequent videos coming from the area allegedly show atrocities occurring, including persecution of a large Christian population existing in Syria. We’ll have to see what the future brings. It will be especially trying for the Christians suffering so especially now that the Christmas season is fast approaching.

There were also videos supposedly displaying Assad’s “garage”—several tens of vehicles at least: Rolls Royces, Lamberghinis, Corvettes, Ferraris, Cadillacs, Read More

Posts From The Road: Amboy In The Mojave Desert

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Amboy: A lone sign welcomes travelers to the ghost town of Amboy, Calif., as Historic Route 66 passes through the Mojave Desert. Once a thriving stop for travelers in the mid 1900s. Today Amboy is a ghost town but with the help of the late Albert Okura and his son Kyle Okura working to revive Roy’s Motel and Cafe, there is hope for the ghost town. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Roy’s: This image shows Roy’s Motel and Cafe while visiting in 2021. Shown is the gas station, motel lobby building and iconic Roy’s sign. A milestone was reached in 2019 when renovations to the sign were completed and the Read More

Op-Ed: Israel And Charges Of Genocide

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By TERRY HANSEN
Milwaukee, Wisc.

Kudos to Jody Benson for her powerful op-ed in which she declares, “No, I am not antisemitic. I am anti-genocide.”

The human rights organization Amnesty International has issued a nearly 300 page report concluding that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Israel and the United States have both rejected this accusation.

However, Amnesty International is not alone in reaching this determination. Amos Goldberg, a Holocaust and genocide researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has also concluded that Israel’s Read More

All Shall Be Well: God And Time

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Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By The Rev. Mary Ann Hill
Rector
Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church

Does this time of year make you feel nostalgic? All I have to do is put on a late sixties LP called The Candy Clarinet by Dixieland jazz great Pete Fountain, and I’m transported back to my grandmother’s house.

I heard a talk recently about God and time, and remember thinking, “But that’s not how it works!” From a traditional Christian perspective, there are two versions Read More

McQuiston: The Naughty List … Three Holiday Scams To Watch Out For This Season

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By ALLEN McQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos since 1968

The most wonderful time of the year is officially upon us, but along with the hustle, bustle and holiday shopping comes a whole new wave of seasonal scams. From pilfering personal information to package theft, there’s no shortage of fraudsters having their names added to the naughty list this time of year. Learn what to watch out for so you can keep the holidays merry and bright.

Fake Charity Scams

Scammers know that hearts and wallets open during the holiday season, which impels some to ask for charitable donations to fake Read More

Op-Ed: I Am Not Antisemitic

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By JODY BENSON
Los Alamos

I am not antisemitic.

No, I am not antisemitic even though I stand against Israel’s decimation of Gaza.

I attest to the fact that Hamas, elected in 2006, is a totalitarian regime whose military wing the US has designated a terrorist organization.

I attest Hamas does not recognize Israel, and that since 1993, it has committed suicide bombings on Israel in retribution against the Israeli 1967 occupation of both Gaza and the West Bank.

I attest that on October 7, 2023, Hamas led other Palestinian militant nationalist groups in a terrorist attack in the Gaza Envelope that killed Read More

Benson: A Meditation For Women Too Busy For Christmas

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By JODY BENSON
Los Alamos

“I’m sick of Christmas,” my friend said. “Every year it’s the same thing. Shopping, baking, writing cards, addressing envelopes, more shopping, decorating, entertaining, cooking the Christmas dinner…. The kids and grandkids always come to mom’s or grandma’s house for their Christmases. I have to do everything. It’s not like I’m the only one there—after all, I’m married. But does HE ever help? No. All he does is come home and enjoy the place. He thinks he’s done enough if he has to pull out his credit card.”

“It’s been the same since Christmas began,” I agreed theologically. Read More

Hampton: Transportation Board Dec. 5 Meeting Update

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By DAVID HAMPTON
Chair
Los Alamos County Transportation Board

At our last Transportation Board meeting, Dec. 5, we received a presentation and took public comments on the N.M. 4 Crossing and Multi-Use Trail Improvement Project. While there was general agreement with the HAWK signal crossing and the multi-use trail in and around Pinon Park, T-Board and the public had mixed opinions about the proposed westbound lane reduction and portions of the multi-use trail on the Mirador side, north of N.M. 4. More public meetings will be held in 2025 as the design progresses.

HAWK signals operate in a YELLOW–RED–FLASHING Read More

Catch Of The Week: Sketchy Facebook Ads

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Sometimes it seems like I see more ads than posts from my actual friends on Facebook. And god forbid I accidentally linger on any one ad too long, guarantee you I will see nothing but ads for that kind of thing for the next week straight (let’s not talk about that charcuterie board ad).

But did you know that some ads are not just annoying, but straight up scams that can steal your money or personal info, or maybe even infect your computer with a virus? Best thing you can do is ignore them!

I got an ad for this, looks kind of fun right, but doesn’t something Read More

Gibson: Home Energy Conversion Is Not New

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By ROBERT GIBSON
Chair
Los Alamos County Board of Public Utilities

My family travelled frequently to my grandparent’s Ohio farm while I was growing up. On colder mornings and evenings, my grandfather would descend to the cellar to shovel coal into the furnace. Quaint though that may seem today, more than half the space heating in the U.S was coal until after WW II. (Much heat in wartime Los Alamos was coal, too.) Stoking a coal furnace was a dirty and physical job. That farmhouse was converted to oil heat in the 1960s.

That was not its first conversion, either. Built in the mid-1800s, it originally Read More