Opinion & Columns

Letter to the Editor: Forty-One Aspen Students Write expressions Of Thanks To Los Alamos!

By SAVANNAH
Aspen Sixth Grade

Dear Los Alamos,

This new building that Los Alamos has built is beautiful!

One thing that surprised me about the new building was the architecture. The architecture around the whole school is just amazing and beautiful. Another thing that surprised me was the media center. The media center has a fireplace and couches so you can read quietly.

One thing that was eye-catching in the building was the Aspen trees all over the school. The trees in the windows of the media center are incredible! Another thing that was eye-catching was the dining hall. It is very neat and beautiful. Read More

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Letter to the Editor: Support Open Space Plan

By REID PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos

I’m one of those kids who came back. I had many choices, but my family and I chose Los Alamos. Why? What makes Los Alamos special?

My friends who live elsewhere are not impressed by my lab job. Nor are they impressed by the slower small-town pace of life, the great schools, the friendly people, or the opportunity to really make a difference in public service. These types of things are big pluses, but they are available in lots of places.
 
However, they are impressed by the fact that I can walk out my back gate into a forested canyon system on public land. If that’s iced
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Letter to the Editor: ‘Where Discoveries Are Made’ Is Perfect For This Town

By JUNE WALL
Los Alamos

Really? Living exponentially? How presumptuous and unappealing! Los Alamos is a small, richly endowed town with something new and different around every corner and under every rock. Let’s invite others to see how much they can discover about us, our science, our environment, and our resources.

Synonymous with exponential are algebraic, algorithmic, arithmetic, binary, differential, digital, exponent, fractional, integral, logarithm, logarithmic, mathematical, numeral, numeracy and statistical. Surely describes a place the average family would

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Yang: Versus, Either-Or: It’s A Lazy Way Of Thinking

Versus, Either-Or: It’s A Lazy Way Of Thinking

By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

In management talks, one common framing is “leaders vs. managers,” or, “leadership vs. management.” Many managers like to think that they are leaders when they can’t even manage well. And most self-proclaimed leaders think that managing is beneath them. 

Clearly, in our minds we assign values to these two roles. Yet, true leaders, with humility, spend valuable time understanding the people around them, their work, and the context; wise managers value the knowledge of how work is done and think holistically.  Read More

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Letter to the Editor: Let’s Stop Throwing Good Money After Bad

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Letter to the Editor: Too Much Pessimism?

By JERRY ANTOS
Los Alamos

Dear Los Alamos,

I hate to be the bearer of bad news … but  “Live Exponentially”, new schools, Central Avenue revitalization, Larry Walkup green whale, and MANY other projects that our County Council has spent an absolute fortune on proves one thing and one thing alone. The Los Alamos County Council doesn’t give a rats butt about what the people want … they want to do what they want and damn the people they were elected to govern. Sounds like Washington, D.C. doesn’t it?

What if they had an election and NOBODY Voted for anyone from the choices of Council candidates? Read More

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Goldblatt: How To Handle The Holidays

By CYNTHIA GOLDBLATT, MSW, LPCC, Ph.D.
Bereavement and Volunteer Coordinator
Los Alamos Visiting Nurses/www.lavns.com
 
How To Handle The Holidays

With the Holidays fast approaching, you may feel the absence of your loved one even more than at other times of the year.  It may seem strange to you to celebrate, in light of your recent or past loss. You may even feel it would be somehow inappropriate to make preparations for festivities without the presence of your family member, or friend.

It is true that holidays can be a most difficult time for those who are recently bereaved. However,

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