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All Shall Be Well: God Is Doing A New Thing

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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 Deacon Cynthia Z. Biddlecomb, M.Div.
ELCA retired

Approaching another birthday ending in zero or five can make one feel old. A lot of history got us this far. For the eldest among us, we wonder what could possibly equal the joys in our past. And yet, through the lens of our faith (and as we know from experience), there are still good things to come.

Change, we have learned, is inevitable. We don’t always like the changes we see around Read More

Op-Ed: Defunding Science, Is At Our Peril

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By MARTIN LAWLER
Santa Fe

Modern medicine saved my life, what about yours? From polio to COVID vaccines to surgery at a famous medical center to our local New Mexico hospital, I owe my life to medical researchers and doctors.

Europe used to be the genesis of modern medicine: Louis Pasteur invented pasteurization and vaccines, Marie Curie discovered x-rays. Then American scientist took over. Under the leadership of President Roosevelt, the National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation were created. Our government has funded important cancer, heart, and HIV research. Read More

Op-Ed: As Budget Cuts Loom – Programs For Rural Libraries, Historical Societies, Tribal Organizations, Museums, Teachers, Students, Veterans And Elders Face Devastating Cuts

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By MIRIAM LANGER
Board Chair
New Mexico Humanities Council

Over the past 50 years, the New Mexico Humanities Council (NMHC) has supported rural libraries, historical societies, tribal organizations, local museums, teachers, students, veterans, and elders. Our programs have helped preserve endangered traditions and supported intergenerational programs that connect us through storytelling, reflection, and understanding across differences. These aren’t luxuries—they’re lifelines. In communities where there isn’t a museum or college nearby, these programs may be the only provider Read More

McQuiston: Distracted Driving Awareness Month #JustDrive

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

It seems like every day we are hearing of a new accident caused by distracted driving. Whether it was caused by someone texting, scrolling on their phone, or just not paying attention to the road, distracted driving accidents are all too frequent and often fatal.

By now I believe 105 percent of the U.S. has a portable computer in their pocket that we still call a “phone”, even though no one actually talks on it anymore. What we do is tweet on Twitter, comment on Facebook, post on Instagram, send a gmail, respond to a Text, read ESPN Read More

Best Of Liddie’s Recipes: Torta De Huevo In Red Chile

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Torta de Huevo. Photo by Liddie Martinez

By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley

Growing up in a very traditional Catholic Hispanic family, lent was always a thoughtful time of reflection, contemplation, prayer and fasting.

Preparation for Easter Sunday was a serious undertaking and while it always began with a solemn note; it was a great time for learning in the kitchen followed by a fantastic feast and celebration with family. The traditional pilgrimage on Good Friday to the Santuario de Chimayo always began in silence. We quickly washed and dressed and began the walk with rosaries in hand following Read More

Houck: Retirement Series – Moving & Downsizing 3 Of 5

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By DAVID HOUCK
Qualifying Broker
Atomic Realty LLC

When retiring many older Americans are choosing to move  to smaller homes and downsize. At any age moving is a stressful experience, and downsizing for retirement carries unique challenges. Downsizing involves and includes letting go of 60 to 80 percent of the belongings that took you a lifetime to accumulate.

However, some advantages include:

  • Less expensive housing is an easy way to increase your budget and your retirement savings.
  • Selling your home and moving to a less expensive home can increase your cash and nest egg. The money from selling
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Benson: ‘No Other Land’ Is About The Struggle To Be Recognized As Human Beings…

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By JODY BENSON
Los Alamos

The Los Alamos Unitarian Church presented on March 25 the Academy Award winning documentary, No Other Land, directed by two Palestinians and two Israelis, about the systematic destruction of the villages in Masafer Yatta in the southern Occupied West Bank of Palestine. 

This film is not about Gaza or Hamas. It is about the West Bank. There is no Hamas in the West Bank. People of the West Bank did not commit the 10-7 terror attack on the Nova Music Festival.

No Other Land is a video journal. Young Palestinian activist Basel Andra has been recording life in his area since he was Read More

Pawlak: Keep Your A, We Need More R

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By JOHN PAWLAK
Los Alamos

Scores of movies have echoed a common plot; the destruction of the human race by the onset of AI (Artificial Intelligence). Thinking machines roam the streets, wiping out the last vestiges of human civilization and replacing it with artificial life forms that over time will form proud nations, create wonderful cultures, identify differences, and wage destructive wars against each other. Artificial or not, having intelligence has little to do with using intelligence.

For now, the main worry seems to be how AI will be used, or misused. Will AI be used to instruct our children? Read More

Amateur Naturalist: From Small To Large

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By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

Lizards are remarkable in many ways. On one hand all the species are similar, based on the length of their tails. Half to three-fourths of their total length is in their tail. Their tail appears more as a continuation of their central body section. It is not that distinct except when emerging after their back legs. Their head and body sections also are more of a single unit.

They do not have a distinct neck between their head and body. Their front legs are what clearly shows where the separation occurs. A lizard would look more like a snake if it did not have legs.

Lizard species Read More

Robinson: Feds To New Mexico – Burn, Baby, Burn

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

Our beautiful New Mexico skies have been stubbornly blue for months, and we know what that means. A few weeks ago, Patrick Lohmann, of the online Source New Mexico, reported severe drought across the state.

Lohmann has racked up more fire coverage than any New Mexico journalist, so when I see a fire story with his byline, I pay attention.

He also reported that “federal cuts could leave one-third of the state without dispatchers to monitor for nascent blazes and fewer firefighters to respond if they blow up.”

Go online and you’ll find Read More