http://www.alamosanews.com Opinion RSS Feed Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:02:03 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14766 Veterans I had another column all worked up for Veterans Day, then the tragic events began to transpire at Ft. Hood in Texas. Trying to wrap my mind around all of that, I began to think of the heroes among us, the ones that Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:58:06 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14763 A free press = a free people On the wall by my desk in the old Courier building I had a poster that read "A Free Press, A Free People." It is in countries where the press is censored or government Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:39:07 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14723 Sesame Street celebrates 40 years When I was 16, Sesame Street's first episode aired in early November 1969. My little sister was five going on six then. She would dance, and imitate the characters. I loved the numbers and the various actors introducing Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:47:44 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14714 Older but wiser is not necessarily an obvious progression through life With 2010 just around the corner I thought I would get an early start on my New Year's resolutions. But much to my surprise, instead of thinking of positive steps to improve Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:47:15 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14709 It was a dark and stormy night O, woe is me! At this very moment I am missing another opportunity to win fame and fortune as a writer. Only a couple of days after learning too late about the National Day of Writing, Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:47:05 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14698 Horror stories It's Halloween, time to listen for things that go "bump" in the night. Here's a true Alamosa horror story on Sixth Street, possibly geared to scare the bejeepers out of anyone in the area late at night. Either a story of Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:00:41 -0500 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14690 I'm proud to know her Beth Wilkins is receiving the National Federation of Paralegal Associations Pro Bono Award this weekend. The Denver resident was nominated for the award because of her extensive volunteer work with the Wills on Wheels program. Every year she Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:41:11 -0500 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14681 Scary movies make us think about fear, fumbling research and family This week is Oktoberfest at Trinidad State Junior College - Valley Campus. Krystle Cantu has worked with others on campus to make the event enticing for high schoolers visiting the campus this Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:46:25 -0500 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14639 Brain drain? They've got to be kidding..... There has been a lot in the papers these days about the government demanding pay cuts at companies that are being propped up by American citizens' tax dollars. Consider this quote by Associated Press writer Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:06:25 -0500 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74&story_id=14633 Why is it that, with so much chatter and blather from Blackberries, facebooks, twitters, tweeters, blogs, talk shows, and pundits, it so hard to get basic information when we want it? If the present ways we use language tell us anything about human intelligence, we Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:21:36 -0500