Opinion & Columns

Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Dishes: Raspberry Cream Pie

Video detailing how to prepare raspberry cream pie. Video by Liddie Martinez

Raspberry cream pie. Photo by Liddie Martinez

By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley

For many families in northern New Mexico, a summer trip to Mora to go pick raspberries is a time-honored tradition shared generation after generation. Those memories of coming home with baskets of fresh berries and making jam or freezing those jewels for use later enters my brain when I see the fruit displayed at the grocery store and it is still a common practice in many northern New Mexican households. 

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Bernstein: My Position

By CHRISTINE BERNSTEIN
Vice President
Los Alamos School Board

As we near the next school board meeting, I find myself  reflecting on the current news from our Governor about starting back to school.

The last time this was on the table there were a lot of discussions and assumptions made as to how I might vote, about my recusal, about where I stand. I was accused of making a decision to benefit myself, I was asked to resign and to quit my business. No one asked me what I thought, what I believed or what I would actually do. No one tried to talk to me, only tell me what to do. Actually, I am wrong,  one person actually Read More

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Skolnik: Ensuring Fairness In New Mexico’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program

By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos

The good news is that New Mexico has done very well compared to most states in using the vaccine given to it. New Mexico also has a very well-organized approach to registering for and administering vaccines, compared to most states.

The bad news, however, is that there is exceptional variance in the administration of the vaccine by county within New Mexico. (https://cvvaccine.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html).

The number of doses administered per 100 people, for example, varies from 40 in Union County to 4 in Mora County. Santa Fe has administered 24 doses Read More

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Robinson: Tips Related To Coyotes In Los Alamos

By JAMES ROBINSON
Vice Chair
Los Alamos County Council

Over the last few days, I have been reading many comments on various Facebook pages about coyotes in our community. I feel like there are some misconceptions about the wildlife in Los Alamos that need to be addressed.

First, it is true that we are seeing an increase in wildlife activity in Los Alamos and White Rock. There are for many reasons, but most significant are the ongoing drought, and destruction of the Cerro Grande and Las Conchas fires on the surrounding forest.

Los Alamos has always had wildlife come into town, but now we have become Read More

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Holland: Fusion – Expanding Democracy By Providing More Choice For Voters … Support SB-100

By PENNY HOLLAND
Albuquerque

As a northern New Mexico resident and strong believer in the integrity of our democracy, I believe now is the perfect time to elevate the voices of all eligible voters in our state.

I vote in every local, state and federal election and have for the past 44 years. I am also a Voter Registration Agent (VRA) and have typically focused my efforts in our local high schools, hoping to register more Black, Indigenous and Latinx 17 and 18 year olds and their families.

When registering voters, I frequently encounter people who feel disenfranchised by our elections and are cynical Read More

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Weekly Fishing Report: Feb. 1, 2021

By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

February is an in-between month where the weather starts to transition from winter to spring. There can still be some seriously cold weather and heavy snow storms. There can also be some “false spring” days where the temperature will climb into the 60’s and even 70-degrree range.

The buds on some of the deciduous trees will start to swell.  The Siberian elms, which grow like weeds down here in the Española Valley are usually the first that you’ll notice starting to break dormancy. Juniper trees will start to shed pollen and those of us with Read More

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Ringside Seat: GOP Lawmaker Quiet After Breaking Ranks On Abortion Bill

Rep. Phelps Anderson 

By MILAN SIMONICH
SFNM:

Republican state Rep. Phelps Anderson is reserved, courteous and almost averse to publicity.

Tell him you made a bet you could get three words out of him, and Anderson might reply: You lose.

Yet there he was last week, making waves by siding with Democrats to repeal a 1969 law that criminalizes abortion in New Mexico.

Attacked from the right, Anderson stayed in character. He didn’t care to discuss his latest stand or all the attention he’s receiving because of it.

“I think it’s going to be best if I leave that alone,” Read More

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