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All Shall Be Well: For Such Is The Kingdom of God

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

October 31-November 2 is what the Church sometimes calls “Allhallowtide.” These three days include All Saints/Hallows’ Eve on October 31, All Saints’ Day on November 1, and All Souls’ Day on November 2. This is the time of year when we intentionally remember that “great cloud of witnesses” of which St. Paul speaks.

Besides the official Saints of the Church, we also remember the ordinary Read More

Republican Party Of Los Alamos: Please Vote!

By LISA SHIN
Chair
Republican Party of Los Alamos

Dear Friends: 

Diane Denish recently said, “National politics may dominate the headlines, but it’s your local school board that will shape the classrooms, teachers, and opportunities your children see every day.” Please vote Stephanie Galvez for District 1, Tamara Hinckley for District 2, and Bryan Fearey for the UNM-LA Advisory Board.

Our Council’s vote to increase Gross Receipts Taxes on October 28, 2025, was terribly disappointing (with Councilor Reagor opposed). Does our County really believe that we can negatively impact the #1 economic Read More

Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: Oct. 27, 2025

BRIDGE News:

We held a Club Appreciation game on Oct. 27 and participated in the ACBL-wide Instant Matchpoint game on October 29.

Martin Cooper and Jerry Fleming were open winners on Monday, and Jan Barnes and Reggie Fuchs were 1st in flight B. Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 1st locally in the Wednesday game.

This is board #21 from our October 27 game.  North is the dealer and N/S are vulnerable.

Today’s hand is challenging to both sides.  North is the dealer and I like a 1♦ opening. Why?  Although there are only 11 high card points (HCP), there is a 5th diamond, a good spade suit and a singleton Read More

McQuiston: How To Tell If A Used Car Has Been In A Hidden Accident

By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
A significant number of used cars have accident histories that sellers conveniently forget to mention.
Here’s how to spot the red flags before you buy:
Start With the Paper Trail 

Pay the $40 for Carfax or AutoCheck. Look for “structural damage”, “frame damage”, or “airbag deployment”. If the car has moved between states frequently, especially to states with lax title laws, this could be title washing to hide a salvage history. 

Visual Inspection 

  • Panel Gaps: Walk around the car and check the spaces between doors, fenders,
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Catch Of The Week: 183 Million Email Passwords Just Leaked – Did Yours Get Swept Up?

By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos 
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Brace yourself: according to cybersecurity researcher Troy Hunt, more than 183 million unique email credentials have been exposed in a massive data dump, including tens of millions tied to Gmail accounts. Yikes!

What Happened?

The cache in question spans 3.5 terabytes of data, consisting of “stealer logs” and credential- stuffing lists harvested from infostealer malware.

What does this mean? In plain terms: malicious software quietly collected login addresses + passwords + site info from infected devices — then the records Read More

Neeper: About Those Medical Measurements Pertaining To Political Choices

By DONALD NEEPER
Los Alamos resident 1968-2014

John Bartlit’s column of Oct. 26 (link) reviewed medical measurements which showed that political choices are set more by brain history than by logical choice. The measurements could support the idea that the desire for group acceptance is an inherited feature that enhanced the survival of early Homo sapiens.

In my recent book on our societal polarization, I reviewed numerical models based on the shifting internal rules of behavior that we each carry. The models, published in 2021, predicted irreversible polarization in America.

On a continental Read More

Robinson: Universal Childcare Needs Legislators’ Close Scrutiny

By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2025 New Mexico News Services

Back in September, the governor announced that on Nov. 1 New Mexico would become the first state to offer universal childcare. We made national headlines. It would be a huge benefit to working families and employers, of course, but legislative budget makers are starting to ask hard questions about costs. And they should.

This is when I like to remind readers that I’m not Hard Hearted Hannah.

When I was a single mom on reporter wages, day care took such a big bite out of my paycheck that I had almost nothing left after rent and groceries. Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Oct. 27, 2025 

By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The Charette Lakes, Clayton Lake, Maxwell Lake 13, Morphy Lake and Laguna del Campo will close for the season Friday, Oct. 31.

Streamflow on the Rio Grande has been dropping now that the floodwaters from Southern Colorado have subsided. Stream flows just a week ago were over 1,000 cubic-feet-per-second at Taos Junction Bridge and at Embudo. Stream flows Sunday (Oct. 26) was 376 cubic-feet-per-second at Taos Junction and 461 at Embudo. The streamflow at Cerro near the Colorado border was 276 cubic-feet -per-second.

Fenton Lake State Read More

Fr. Glenn: Not Me But Thee

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Have you ever noticed how politicians say “I” and “me” a lot? I mean … how can you not have? And their minions praise them to the skies … at least in press conferences; who knows what is said behind closed doors? Whether presidents, governors, mayors … representatives, senators, etc., so many seem to do it. But in a way it appears to diminish the actions of their subordinates who actually get things done. Anyone who has been in the military knows that officers oftentimes are praised though it’s the sergeants and the lower ranks who do the work. Even in churches, we priests and Read More

Tales Of Our Times: Hi-Tech Probes Show Partisans’ Minds ‘Thinking’ In A Democracy

Tales Of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
Los Alamos

Hi-Tech Probes Show Partisans’ Minds ‘Thinking’ In A Democracy 
Political rivals have endless reasons why today’s political “claptrap” is a “logical” outcome of how their “evil” rival thinks and acts. But when did you last see these fiery rivals turn a spotlight on functional magnetic resonance imaging (aka fMRI)? The tool is a modern marvel that dates from 1990. See “fMRI” on the Internet.

Such wonders! The tool’s first wonder is how we can “see” a brain at work by detecting tiny magnetic differences outside the skull due to blood inside the

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