Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Until We Say No to Fear, Our Leaders Will Have No Reason to Change

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By BOB FUSELIER
Los Alamos

A Louisiana relative of mine recently sent me a link to a set of posters from WWII that, among other things, called for sacrifice and courage by the American people. He asked, “What has happened to us as Americans?”

It’s a good question, one we should answer if we are to avoid the pitfalls that have faced every global leader in history. America cannot deny this reality. When faced with a common threat, a nation will either selflessly come together behind courageous and wise leaders or fall apart. Thank God we had the former during the 1940’s.

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Letter to the Editor: Deepest Gratitude For Support of Fundraisers for Joy Handsberry

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By Emma Lathrop and Emily Pittman
Los Alamos

We watched recently as our community came together to support Joy Handsberry, a beloved math teacher at Los Alamos High School, in her fight against cancer.

As the organizers of the fundraisers, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the members of our community who gave their time, energy and services to help make these events possible.

First, we want to give special thanks to Valynn Purvis of “Parties To Go!” for donating a dunk tank and for providing a discounted bouncy house for the Jump For Joy fundraiser, as well as lighting for the overnight Read More

Let the County Know What You Think!

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COMMUNITY News:

There’s been a lot of chatter following Tuesday’s unveiling of the “Live Exponentially” tagline for Los Alamos County.

Let County officials know whether you like the tagline and/or take the opportunity to suggest something else by taking a quick survey here.

For indepth information on the branding study:

  • County’s Economic Development Page click here;
  • Los Alamos Brandprint Study Results Summary click here;
  • Los Alamos Brandprint Study Final Report Click here;
  • Branding Presentation to Council click here; and
  • Watch the video of NorthStar’s
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Letter to the Editor: ‘Live Exponentially’ … I’m Struggling to See a Connection

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By PHILLIP NOLL
White Rock

 

“Live Exponentially.” What does that even mean? Of or relating to an exponent? Expressible by an exponential function? Characterized by an extremely rapid increase or decrease? (As in an exponential growth/decay rate?) How does any of this relate to Los Alamos? Is it just that “Exponentially” sounds scientific? I’m struggling to see a connection. 

 
When I think about “living exponentially” various things come to mind (some good, most not so much):
  • The Spread of a Virus
  • Urban Sprawl
  • Computing Power
  • Greed
  • Overpopulation
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Letter to the Editor: Let’s Find the Words that Best Tell People What We Are

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By PETE SHEEHEY
Los Alamos County Councilor

Is Los Alamos a playful community? In my 28 years here, I’ve seen we are. Not just in the participation in outdoor and indoor recreation of all kinds by people of all ages, nor in the huge volunteer support of programs from PEEC to robotics competitions to youth and teen activities, but in the very science and engineering that is practiced at the Lab. 

Most of those R&D 100 awards for significant scientific inventions that Lab researchers earn every year come from workers taking extra time to apply the methods and ideas used for the Lab’s Read More

Letter to the Editor: A Little Mystified as to What ‘Living Exponentially’ Will Mean to Anyone

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By KHALIL J. SPENCER
Los Alamos

Even after reading the Los Alamos Daily Post article about our new brand, I am a little mystified as to what “Living Exponentially” will mean to anyone, either the scientifically inclined, insider, outsider, or otherwise. This seems yet another attempt to, as Richard Hanneman has often said, be something that Los Alamos is not rather than something we are.

I suspect more than enough really bright people up on the Hill could have done better had we left this idea of branding to ourselves.

Assuming for the moment we have to brand ourselves like some western herd Read More

Letter to the Editor: Nothing Screams Fun More Than Advanced Mathematics

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By BRIAN JAMES
Taos
 
Exponential functions look somewhat similar to functions you have seen before, in that they involve exponents, but there is a big difference, in that the variable is now the power, rather than the base. Previously, you have dealt with such functions as f(x) = x2, where the variable x was the base and the number 2 was the power. In the case of exponentials, however, you will be dealing with functions such as g(x) = 2x, where the base is the fixed number, and the power is the variable.
 
Nothing screams fun more than advanced
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Letter to the Editor: Seriously … ‘Live Exponentially’?

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By CHRISTINE WEAVER
Los Alamos

James Rickman said it eloquently. I’ll simply say:

Seriously … “Live Exponentially”?

If that slogan on a sign coming into town wouldn’t make us sound arrogant, I don’t know what would.

I guess for $55,000 we paid for the arrogance, and got caught up in a whole bunch of silly. Every single county council member who voted for that ridiculous slogan should be made to pay back the county coffers, and then should be taken out of the running for the next election.

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Letter to the Editor: Manhattan Project Bar & Grill Temporarily Loses Liquor License

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By VICTOR MEDINA
Owner, Manhattan Project Bar & Grill

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we lost our liquor license. The license was to be active until the transfer to Bandelier Grill was approved by Alcohol & Gaming, which is another 30 to 60 days.

A few days ago we received notification that the license was prematurely terminated.

In anticipation of losing the license in June, we applied for a restaurant license (Beer & Wine) last month TO USE until our new liquor license comes through. For the last two months we have been in negotiations to lease a new license.

Currently the lease has

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