Opinion

Yang: We Must Continuously Improve … Or, Must We?

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By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

We Must Continuously Improve _________ … or, must we?

How can we not want to improve ourselves all the time? How can organizations not expect continuous improvement on productivity? How can we not demand perfect safety and security? Indeed, how can anyone with a functioning brain reject “improvement?”

Well…it all depends on the types of improvement. If it’s about improving a mind, it likely concerns the breadth of topics or proficiency in a certain field; if it’s about “improving” (i.e. decreasing) a waist size, there’d better be a floor number below which it’d Read More

Letter To The Editor: Answer To The Notion That Hydrogen Is Too Expensive

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By Roy M. Moore
Los Alamos
 
Recently, Mo Rocca on a CBS childrens program, interviewed a gentleman who was inventing see-through solar panels, which could be used as windows on buildings. Mo started the interview by stating that everyone knew that renewable energy was too expensive. I don’t understand how anyone could come to this conclusion, except that they have been listening to the oil companies too long.
 
Since the 1970’s, it has been known that once solar panels drop below $1 per watt, they would be the cheapest energy on the planet. Solar panels are now selling below
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Letter To The Editor: Jesus Wants Us To Love Each Other, Not Money …

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By Roy M. Moore
Los Alamos
 
Frankly, the thought of Mr. Creflo Dollar asking his church members for $65 million to buy a new jet plane, makes me sick.
 
As someone who read the Bible four times before entering high school and as someone who has tried to follow the teachings of Jesus, I recently reread his words to see exactly what he said. He told his disciples to go out into the world and to make more disciples by loving others the way he loved them.
 
He didn’t ask for any more ministries and he didn’t ask anyone to read the Bible (it wasn’t written until centuries later)
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Letter To The Editor: Alternatives To Burning Slash Piles Very Close To Houses

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Letter To The Editor: Hemp Industrialization Equals Jobs For New Mexico

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By Sen. Cisco McSorley
D-16-Bernalillo

I am pleased that my bill, Senate Bill 94 (SB 94), designed to help New Mexico lay the foundation for hemp industrialization, has passed the Senate and the first committee in the House of Representatives.

The U.S. Congress recently legalized hemp for research purposes in last year’s agricultural bill. SB 94 creates the New Mexico Industrial Hemp Research and Development Fund for the agricultural, agronomical, ecological, processing, sales and marketing research purposes of hemp growth. The research will be carried out by New Mexico State University Read More

LALT’s ‘Mister Roberts’ Sails On Sea Of Laughter

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Following an explosion aboard ship, from left, Doc (Richard Parker), Ensign Pulver (Don Monteith) and Lt. Roberts (Jeffrey Favorite). Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Review by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

“Mister Roberts” pulled into port at Los Alamos Little Theatre aboard the aptly named U.S.S. Reluctant Friday night. The beloved Hollywood movie, starring Henry Fonda and Jack Lemmon, was first a novel and then a play.

The LALT production is a revival of the 1948 theater version, which took Broadway by storm. Given the level of laughter in the theater Friday, I think Read More

Letter To The Editor: ‘Right-to-Work’ Legislation Not Good For New Mexico

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By EDWARD BIRNBAUM
Los Alamos

First, Right to Work (RTW) legislation is misnamed. It should really be called “right-to-a-free ride”, or RFR, because under RFR, non-union workers will still receive all the wages and benefits granted under a union contract WITHOUT paying union dues. If pollsters asked if this is oaky, I suspect that far fewer people would support RFR legislation.

The second argument is that companies won’t consider moving to states without RFR legislation in place. Although one can find reports that agree or disagree with this assertion, and it is an assertion, not a fact, Read More

Letter to the Editor: ‘Silver Bullet’ For Energy Problem

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By ROY M. MOORE
Los Alamos
 
Dear Mr. President:
 
Perhaps the greatest myth of our society is that there is no “silver bullet” to solve the energy problem.
 
Nothing could be farther from the truth, and mankind has known for decades that the proper way to store renewable energy is by making hydrogen from water and then burning this at your convenience.
 
If you think about it, everything that we burn is a hydrocarbon. But combustion only requires the hydrogen, so currently we burn hydrocarbons and take the carbon along for the ride. This is what has caused the rapid
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Letter to the Editor: Keeping Los Alamos Beautiful

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By ROBERT PELAK
Los Alamos

A recent Los Alamos Daily Post story, “Additional Traffic Control On West Road For Passage Of 12 Large Film Trucks Afternoon-Evening March 11,” indicates that the story line of a movie being filmed off of Camp May Road involves “launching a car from cliff edge to canyon bottom.”

So, I ask, will they actually hurl a car into one of our lovely canyons, and if so, who is going to clean it up? Read More

Letter to the Editor: Thank You Los Alamos Animal Clinic For Making Difficult Situation Easier To Bear

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By JULIE SMITH
Los Alamos

Dear Los Alamos Animal Clinic,

I brought my sweet Mishi to you Thursday with expectations of a brief visit then return home. Unfortunately, you had to give me sad, unexpected news. 

You were all so kind to me and gentle with her as I made the decision to let her go. Your facility and wonderful staff are a gift to Los Alamos pets and their humans. 

When another animal chooses me as its human I will be certain to trust their medical needs to you. I can only say thank you a million times. Read More