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Dishonesty in debate typifies Romney
Tomas Moya/ Daily Lobo guest columnist | October 8Dear Mitt Romney, After watching you debate President Obama on Wednesday night in Colorado, I can’t believe how two-faced and dishonest you are. You really don’t have any limits when it comes to stretching the truth.
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Dr. Pegs Prescription
Dr. Peggy Spencer | October 5As a medical student, I had the great good fortune to spend a winter in Beijing, China, at an urban children’s hospital that used traditional Chinese medicine as well as modern Western methods.
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Cyclists endanger peds with reckless maneuvers
October 5Editor, Applause for Monday’s editorial comic addressing bicycle courtesy. I am so frustrated with idiots trying to two-wheel it through crowds of pedestrians on campus, seeing them block wheelchairs to speed up handicapped ramps,
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Bicycles aren’t car-proof; keep this in mind at lights
October 5Editor, KRQE ran a story Wednesday night regarding a bicycle cartoon from the Daily Lobo.
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GOP repels rational conservatives
Jason Stafford/ Daily Lobo guest columnist | October 4Recently, the Daily Lobo has been running reader-submitted pieces in an effort to present both sides of the story, and I have been following them.
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U.S. needs new values, definition
Alexandra Swanberg | October 4Can anybody tell me what it means to be an American anymore? I’ve always wondered what people meant by phrases such as “I’m proud to be an American,” or “God bless America,” because not all of those people are talking about people who live in America.
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NFL lockout exemplifies greed of 1%
Jason Darensburg | October 3Hallelujah, the lockout is over! The return of the regular NFL referees to the field last Thursday was a welcome relief to everyone who loves professional football.
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If elected, Romney will wage class war
Marjorie Crow/ Daily Lobo Guest Columnist | October 2For those liberals out there who are discouraged about and disappointed in President Obama and don’t feel like voting this year, consider the alternative.
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Statesmanship beats brinksmanship
David Drezner/ Daily Lobo guest columnist | October 2Recently, a reader referred to our current foreign policy as unrealistic, “passive” and “operating on hope.” Although the Islamists are an undeniably violent force in the Middle East,
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Using factual labels essential to debate
John Tyczkowski/ Daily Lobo guest columnist | October 1One of the most popular epithets to fling around against Barack Obama is the charge that he’s a socialist — and/or communist — out to destroy the United States with his Marxist — and/or Soviet-style — agenda.
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Obama’s foreign policy just as bellicose as Bush’s
October 1Editor, In response to Allen E. Weh’s letter, I can’t help but notice the fallacies in his letter. First of all, the government has very much maintained the same foreign policies from the Bush era
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Dr. Pegs Prescription
Dr. Peggy Spencer | September 28I just finished a two-week course of antibiotics, taking them twice a day. They wrecked my whole body, making me nauseated, giving me an upset stomach and reflux, changing my stools, and even some weirder side effects like pins-and-needles sensations on my hands and face!
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Why not warn us when parking laws change?
September 28Editor, I am frustrated by the permit parking surrounding the University for two reasons.
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Write-ins deserve mention in Daily Lobo’s coverage
September 28Editor, How lovely that the Daily Lobo quotes Thomas Jefferson on informing the public in their 2012 Election Voter Guide. Too bad they go on to ignore him by not including the official write-in candidates
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Fair food nourishes economic justice
Will Thomson | September 27When Chipotle Mexican Grill opened in Albuquerque last December, people lined up out the door in the winter cold just to be some of the first to eat at the new restaurant.
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Civilized species shun humanity’s inhumanity
September 27Editor, There is no doubt in my mind that we are visited from time to time by beings much more advanced than we from other galaxies, and possibly even other universes.
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Foreign policies based on hope leave U.S. weak
September 27Editor, Webster’s definition of “hope” is “to cherish a desire with expectation of fulfillment,” but hope is not a plan. Regrettably, this country’s foreign policy has been largely based on hope during the past three-plus years, and it shows.
