Opinion

Letter To The Editor: On What Was Written 2,000 Years Ago

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By DAVID HAMPTON
Los Alamos

At the LBGTQ+ interfaith panel discussion this last Wednesday, one of the panel members stated that what was written 2,000 years ago may not apply today and may have been incorrectly written down.

I guess no one let Paul know before he wrote 2 Timothy. Apparently, Peter didn’t get the memo either before writing 2 Peter, where he says that Paul’s letters are scripture. Since nothing in Paul’s letters are in conflict with other Scripture, if there are any transcription errors, they must be minor and inconsequential.

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Letter To The Editor: What Pride Means To Me…

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By KEN NEBEL
Los Alamos

There has been some controversy as to whether or not PRIDE, the commemoration of historic steps toward the LGBTQ+ community stepping out into the mainstream and the celebration of the LGBTQ+ community, is still a current need.

As we celebrate Pride month and host our 2nd annual Pride festival today here in Los Alamos, I’d like to tell you what Pride means to me.

Pride is an affirmation that I live in a supportive community when, even in todays culture, I don’t always find acceptance or tolerance. Pride is a place to learn more about something that makes each of us so fundamentally Read More

Analysis Of VISA Credit Card Fees At Smith’s Stores

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By DAVID TUBBS
Los Alamos

Kroger first banned VISA credit cards in 2018 at its Foods Co division in California. In expanding the ban to Smith’s, Kroger publicly claimed numerous offenses by VISA, the most emphasized of which is that VISA charges “excessive interchange and network fees.”

Contradicting Kroger’s public claims is tedious but straightforward. It is much more important, however, for customers to understand that comparing fees among credit-card networks (the issue on which Kroger bases its claims) is not equivalent to assessing the cost to Kroger of those fees, which in the end Read More

Letter To The Editor: How Abortion Is (And Isn’t) Like Slavery

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By JAKE BROWN
Los Alamos
 
Abraham Lincoln, on the campaign trail in March of 1860, explained his stance on slavery using the following analogy:
 
“If I saw a venomous snake crawling in the road, any man would say I may seize the nearest stick and kill it. But if I found that snake in bed with my children that would be another question. I might hurt the children more than the snake, and it might bite them.”
 
Lincoln had received some flak for not being a total abolitionist (although he did view slavery as a moral wrong) and with his analogy was describing his dual responsibility to protect
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Letter To The Editor: What’s At Stake At LALT Meeting…

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By DS MAGID
Los Alamos
 
Dear fellow Los Alamos County folks,
 
As a 25-year active member of Los Alamos Little Theatre, I’d like the community to understand what’s at stake at our Annual Membership Meeting this Sunday.
 
Full disclosure, I’m also a near-lifelong theater professional who has worked at many levels and almost every theater-type job there is. I have a similar breadth of experience at LALT, so I’ll set out what was and what is, and share with you what I hope will be.
 
First and foremost, every person involved in this social membership organization volunteers. Los
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Letter To The Editor: A Local Police Officer’s Kindness

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By KARYL ANN ARMBRUSTER
Los Alamos
 
After (the Los Alamos High School) graduation Saturday, I was eyeing the steel stairs going up to the bridge and down the stairs over Diamond Drive when a young police officer spied me and said to me and a family of four that he would be happy to escort us straight across the street.
 
He did just that.
 
His hand went out and the traffic ceased on one side. When we reached the median, he again put out that mighty hand and all the cars stopped as we completed our short  journey across Diamond.
 
I felt like the mother duckling in Robert McCloskey’s
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Letter To The Editor: Happy To See Growth In Town

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By TIM L
Los Alamos
 
Thank you Rick Nebel for responding to Mr. Visal and Mr. Little. There are many of us who are happy to see our town growing in much needed areas such as food options.
 
We shouldn’t be negative on anyone wanting to invest in our town to make it just a little nicer. I am not a big fan of Wendy’s either, but it will be much nicer than the old abandoned building located there now and some people will be happy to eat there.
 
And not to worry to anyone who does not like Wendy’s or prefers another restaurant as there is room for other restaurants that you may enjoy
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Letter To The Editor: Fact vs ‘Fact’ About Wendy’s

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By GREG WHITE
Los Alamos
 
I am always amazed that people in the most educated 144 sq miles of the planet never seem to do any research before writing letters to the editor and worse often style them as if what their writing is fact vs their own opinion (“fact”). Today’s topic is the recent letters regarding the proposed Wendy’s.
 
All the letter writers assume that the Planning and Zoning Commission or the County Council have the ability to deny the developer approval for a Wendy’s (“fact”). The actual fact of the matter is they do not. Another
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Letter To The Editor: Pride Festival … Offers Place For Students To Be Themselves

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By Gwyneth Lyons
LAHS 9th Grader
FLAP Council Member

The LGBTQ+ Pride Festival organized by Friends of Los Alamos Pride (FLAP) has been a great addition to the town.

Specifically for youth, this festival, and the organization overall, has been extremely beneficial by giving kids the opportunity to learn more about the LGBTQ+ community. This gives students, from elementary to high school, a place to be themselves, learn about the history of pride, and so much more.

For several years, the high school GSA (Genders and Sexuality Alliance) has worked to make the town more inclusive of queer youth, Read More

Letter To The Editor: Response To Visal And Little

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By RICK NEBEL
Los Alamos

This is a response to Mr. Visal and Mr. Little on a new Wendy’s. I, for one, am happy to see that someone is thinking about opening a Wendy’s in Los Alamos. This represents a $2,000,000 to $3,500,000 investment in our community. I think it is great that someone is willing to make that kind of investment.

If you would prefer to have a KFC or Taco Bell, there is an easy way to fix that problem. Go purchase a franchise and open one yourself. Both KFC and Taco Bell have been tried up here before, and both of them failed. You might want to find out why that happened before you invest. Read More