Letter To The Editor: We Need Randall Ryti’s Calm, Level-headed Reasoning And Approach To Decision-making On Council
By JANE LINI encourage Los Alamos residents to vote for Randall Ryti for County Councilor. Randy has the stamina, drive, and sense of service required of councilors. Already he has been attending open council meetings to familiarize himself with current issues and how the council works.
As one of the early board members of PEEC, he knows it takes dedication, creative thinking, and working with others to make things happen. His experience as a parent, small business owner, and member/leader with a variety of organizations (basketball, transportation, science fair, nature) gives
Letter To The Editor: ‘New Mexico Right To Work Committee’ Connected To National Organization
By J. E. NORDHOLTBurke: Vote NO On ‘Re-authorization’
By BRADY BURKEFr. Glenn: Old Friends Long Gone
By Rev. Glenn JonesReceived a text this morning about the passing of a good friend in my former parish. She was the deacon’s wife … always very kind and pleasant and generous … not to even mention that she made the best dang chile rellenos in the state! … along with just about anything else that graced the palates of her charges. Few failed to make a beeline to her cooking at parish functions, and many were the expressions of lamentation and woe when people recalled the closing of their restaurant years before.
She and the deacon lived just across Read More
Wiemann: Can You Count On A Bountiful Investment ‘Harvest’?
By SHELLY A. WIEMANN
Financial Advisor
Edward Jones
We’re officially in autumn – the season when we bring in what we planted in the spring. But the concept of planting and gathering isn’t confined to agriculture. In fact, it can be used in many walks of life, including investing.
So what can you do to help work toward a successful investment “harvest”?
Here is (not quite) a bushel of ideas:
Plant the right “seeds.” When farmers plant specific crops, they know about what to expect – how long it will take for them to grow, how much yield they’ll produce, and so on. When you invest, you too need to plant “seeds” Read More
World Futures: Ethics, Technology & Time – Part One
By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute
Ethics involves the concepts of right and wrong. When considering the future of humanity, human beings collectively, we make an implicit assumption that humanity is good and that it should continue forever.
This further implies that we should be concerned about our descendants a hundred million years from now even though human beings as we know them have only been around for about 200,000 years. Obviously we cannot fashion the hundred year future, but we can avoid making damaging mistakes. It is our ethical duty to try.
During the period of time Read More
Letter To The Editor: Permanent Funds Of New Mexico
By VERNON N. KERRHowever, there are limitations, there are restrictions on how funds in these can be used and for good reason. These are not reserve funds or rainy day funds. They are dedicated monies.
There are three Permanent Funds, the Land Grant Permanent Fund (LGPF), the Severance Tax Permanent Fund (STPF) and the Tobacco Settlement Permanent Fund (TSPF). The
