Ringside Seat: High Noon At The Capitol On Predatory Lending
The Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Post file photo
By MILAN SIMONICH
The Santa Fe New Mexican
It’s showdown time in the New Mexico House of Representatives. Rich out-of-state corporations are in one corner. Dirt-poor New Mexicans occupy the other.
It’s no contest as to which side has had the political advantage. Many House members have cared more about appeasing a predatory industry than helping their neediest constituents.
Storefront lenders in New Mexico are legally permitted to charge an annual interest rate of up to 175 percent. It’s a staggering figure that can trap low-income people in debt Read More
Gisler: Light Pollution And Upcoming Review Of Los Alamos County’s Lighting Ordinance Draft
By GALEN GISLER
Los Alamos
An editorial in the Jan. 24, 2022 issue of the Santa Fe New Mexican, “Dark skies are another draw for New Mexico” points out that the dark skies we enjoy here are a benefit to tourism as well as to the well-being of wildlife, human health, and calming the soul. Seven International Dark Sky Parks are in our state, the newest being the Valles Caldera National Preserve, which achieved that prestigious status in 2021.
Unfortunately, most people in the world do not enjoy dark night-time skies and can see at most a handful of stars on a moonless night. With advances in lighting technology, Read More
Taos Winter Sports Team (TWST) At Purgatory Mountain Resort For Southern Series Season Opener
TWST coaches and athletes take a minute to pose for a team photo op after the SG at Purgatory Mountain Resort. From left, Josh Willette, Isaac Olson, Aksel Boukhalfa, Max Oliver, Rowan Heflin, Cullen McLean, Solana Pearl, Joseph Gallegos, Julian LaCome, Greta Klinkmann, Josephine Leeson, Ian Olson and Konik Pearl. Courtesy/Paula Knepper
By PAULA KNEPPER
Taos Winter Sports Team (TWST)
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) Southern Series of the Rocky Mountain division ski racing season opened Jan. 22, at Purgatory Mountain Resort with a speedy day of Super Giant Slalom (SG or super-G) Read More
Albq. FBI Special Agent In Charge Raul Bujanda: Historic Number Of Police Officers Killed Should Raise Alarms
Mementos left at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial include cards displaying the names of fallen FBI personnel and flowers for all the fallen. Courtesy/FBI
By Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujanda
Albuquerque FBI
Every day, federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement officers in New Mexico pin on their badges, strap on their duty weapons and head out to protect their fellow citizens.
Many kiss a spouse, children or loved ones farewell, hoping to meet again soon.
For some, that reunion never happens.
According to The Officer Down Memorial Page Inc., three New Mexico officers Read More
Huang: Best Wishes To Team USA Of Beijing 2022 – From A Former Beijing Student
Best Friends, Chinese Olympic volleyball star Jenny Lang Ping and American Olympic volleyball star Flo Hyman. Courtesy photo
By ZHEN HUANG
Los Alamos
My Olympic passion can be traced back to my college years. At the time during the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, I was a student at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
I remember that hot Beijing summer night when we cheered for the Chinese women’s volleyball team for winning the gold Olympic medal. What made that game so exciting was that the Chinese Team lost the first two sets to the America Team but reversed the loss in the following three Read More
Home Country: Americans Don’t Quit
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
Steve pulled his pickup to the curb in front of Windy Wilson’s small house and started to become erect. This has become more of a project than it used to because there’s still a lot of Steve to uncramp, and he’s not as young as when it was easy.
“Come on in, Steve,” Windy yelled. “Coffee’s on.”
Steve petted the dog, Ramses, and then went to the kitchen table. “Kinda wondering why you asked me to come over, Windy. I mean, heck, we talk to each other every morning over coffee at the Mule Barn.”
“This here’s gotta be a private conversation, Steve,” Windy said, pushing his hat back Read More
Gruninger: The Niyamas – Contentment (Santosha)
By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos
The second Niyama on Patanjali’s 8-fold path is Santosha or contentment.
This Niyama asks us to fall in love with ourselves and our life as we are and it is right now. If it’s a brilliant New Mexico day, we are content, if it is a snowy, rainy, icy day, we are content.
Of course, here in Los Alamos, I enjoy a gray and rainy day. But you get my meaning right?
Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat, Tik Tok, magazines, ads, store aisles, books etc. sell us a bill of discontent. These social media platforms and our buy, buy, buy, beat the Jones, look better, feel better, Read More
