Opinion & Columns

McQuiston: When – And Why – You May Need Umbrella Insurance

Submitted by Chris Clark on June 20, 2017

By ALLEN MCQUISTON

The Jemez Agency

Living in a busy world, our lives constantly intersect with the people around us, and some interactions can have surprising consequences.

It is increasingly important to make careful insurance choices to protect yourself from the unexpected. Because, even if you carry excellent coverage with high limits, situations can still arise that leave you liable for costly damages exceeding what any single policy can cover.

This is where an umbrella insurance policy protects you, by sitting over other policies, such as home insurance,

Summer Road Rage Risk Reduction Check-List

Submitted by Chris Clark on June 19, 2017

Photo by Nabeel Syed

By STEVE KARDIAN, Instructor

Certified FBI Defensive Tactics

If you drive on our nation’s roadways on a regular basis, your chances of being involved in a road rage incident are very high.

Road rage can be triggered through a gesture, such as being flipped off, by being cut off or through tailgating. It can lead to serious physical injury and even death. Most of the minor events go unreported.

There is something about being behind the wheel of a car that can prompt rage or aggression in even the mildest mannered people. Doctors,

Letter To The Editor: Huge KUDOS To Firefighters

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 19, 2017

By DIMAS M. CHAVEZ

Former resident of Los Alamos

Once AGAIN, huge KUDOS to the firefighters involved with the Cajete Fire in the Jemez for its containment, and all their hard work in preserving as much as possible of the lovely area of the Jemez.

Letter To The Editor: Wayfinder Meeting Takeaway

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 18, 2017

By BRADY BURKE

Los Alamos

Here are my take aways from the June 15 Los Alamos County Wayfinder presentation.

Attendance at the 95 percent design phase – two Project people (County rep and Merje consultant), one County Councilor (David Izraelevitz) as a citizen, one stakeholder and two citizens, me and another woman.

Wayfinder: Wayfinding encompasses all of the ways in which people (and animals) orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place, according to Wikipedia. According to the project folks, the idea was floated around earlier in the year. It was run

Fr. Glenn: A Fiery Fathers’ Day

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 18, 2017

By Rev. Glenn Jones

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church

Los Alamos

Dang … another fire. At the time of this writing, the El Cajete Fire is still going strong; hopefully it will be under control by the time you read this. As you know, one of the greatest tragedies of most wildfires is that they are so often caused simply by persons careless in watching and/or dousing campfires.

Perhaps it is because people in our modern culture have so little experience with open fires in general that keeps such things happening so frequently—the unintended consequences of neglect. Thus we see how little actions Read More

Pastor Granillo: My First Beer

Submitted by Kirsten Laskey (ladp admin) on June 18, 2017

By PASTOR RAUL GRANILLO
La Vista Church
White Rock

“Who did you drink your first beer with?”

I was caught off guard when someone asked me this the other day.

The truth was that there was never a time when alcohol was not a part of my childhood experience. My father was an alcoholic, as were many of his relatives and friends. My brothers and I would make a game out of seeing who could get dad to give them the most sips of his beer.

I was around 12 when I convinced him to let me have my own. My mother told me that I was drunk on my third birthday and she spent the next couple of days nursing

Letter To The Editor: Saudi Arabia, Iran And US Politics

Submitted by Chris Clark on June 17, 2017

By Dr. T. DOUGLAS REILLY

Los Alamos

Saudi Arabia:

Consider Saudi Arabia and the status of women:

It is the only country in the world where women can not drive.
The reason is the belief that driving injures a woman’s ovaries.
A male must drive a woman to work.
From age 8 to death a woman must wear a black burkah whenever she is outside the house in major cities like Riyahd, Mecca and Medina. In some smaller villages women may be able to uncover their faces, and may wear collorful head scarves.
Women are second, if not lower, citizens because of the Law of Guardianship.
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