Op-Ed: Looking Beyond The Plastic Bag
By JASON CHAPPEL
Candidate for Los Alamos County Council
‘Building Bridges. Empowering Citizens.’
ElectJasonChappel.com
This week, the Los Alamos Environmental Sustainability Board voted not to recommend the proposed single-use plastic bag ban to the County Council after hearing comments from members of our community. I appreciate the Board’s willingness to listen to a variety of perspectives before making its recommendation.
I was one of the community members who spoke during public comment. As Assistant Store Leader for Operations at Smith’s Marketplace, I shared my perspective Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews: The Odyssey
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster “The Odyssey” was released Friday. Only a director/writer of Nolan’s renown would have the hubris to bring this epic song-poem, which originated in Greece in the 8th century BCE, to a modern audience via a nearly three hour feature film. Mostly, Nolan’s efforts work, though not all film reviewers are enamored.
Cast in the title role of Odysseus is a mature Matt Damon, made to age appropriately over the twenty years of the epic. This is a colossal role for Damon, allowing him to demonstrate deeper acting chops than he may ever Read More
McQuiston: Your Kid Is Taking A Car To College … What To Sort Out Before Move-In Day
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos since 1963
The hatchback is packed so tight you can’t see out the back window. There’s a mini fridge wedged behind the passenger seat, a laundry basket of shoes riding shotgun, and somewhere underneath it all, a kid who swears they didn’t forget anything. In a few weeks, that car backs out of your driveway and doesn’t come home until Thanksgiving.
You’ve spent the summer thinking about tuition, dorm assignments, and whether the meal plan makes sense. The car mostly just gets loaded up and pointed down Read More
Catch Of The Week: The Friendly Face That Wants Your Bank Password
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
There’s a new twist on an old con making the rounds, and this one comes with a face. Scammers have started using Apple’s FaceTime to pose as your bank, and it is working alarmingly well. Apple and the FTC have both put out warnings, because people who would never fall for a sketchy email are getting taken in by a live video call. That is the whole trick. A face feels honest in a way a text message never does.
Here is how the bait gets set. You get a text saying there is suspicious activity on your account or your card. It tells you to call a number, or Read More
Fuselier: A Needed Change
By BOB FUSELIER
Los Alamos
How can someone point out to another a concern about the other’s beliefs without creating conflict or animosity? What if that problem involves politics?
I think most would agree that critiquing someone’s political views is really asking for trouble. I’m also willing to guess that many of you readers are wondering at this point if it’s your political view that I’m fixing to call into question.
Our species has struggled with a man-made conflict throughout our history, one that is set as two opposing realities for regulating society but, in reality, is simply a continuum Read More
Denish: The New Demographic Reality
By DIANE DENISH
Corner To Corner
diane@dianedenish.com
New Mexico has just landed on another list. According to a recent report by Stateline, highlighted by the online publication The Candle, New Mexico is now one of 17 states where there are more people over age 65 than children under 18. I checked the source and found it to be a credible one.
Stateline is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization, with reporters in every state capital. It accepts no corporate donations and is funded by private contributions and grants.
The report begins in New Read More
