Opinion

Letter: Conflicts in Middle East could have been avoided

Some people are blaming Hezbollah for the recent conflict in the Middle East because of its capture of two Israeli soldiers and refusal to release them. Other people are blaming Lebanon for that same conflict because it allowed Hezbollah to remain on its territory and become strong. Other people are blaming Iran and Syria because they supported Hezbollah with money and military weapons. Other people are blaming the United States because it provided aid to Israel.

Ed toons

Letter: Media not investigating Bush's economic boasts

While it irks me to hear President Bush bragging to the news media about how strong the economy is, it bothers me more to see news media reporters not questioning his statements. In the America he's living in, every American is enjoying prosperity. Iraq and Afghanistan are examples of flowering democracy; our environment is clean; all our children are learning and the government is in capable hands.

Column: Veto puts principles before life

No, you didn't miss anything on ESPN, and no sports statistic came crumbling to the ground - all of this excitement took place on C-SPAN. I am speaking, of course, of President Bush's streak of consecutively signed congressional bills.

Ed toons

Letter: Media wrongly portrays Israel as an aggressor

I am concerned about how quickly some judge Israel. For years, Israel has been forced to respond to terrorists and violent attacks from extremist terrorist groups.

Letter: Israelis, Palestinians both deserve sovereign nations

Each and every day, $10 million of our tax dollars go to Israel in "foreign aid," which is more than the budgets of the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Forest Service - agencies that save American lives. We now can clearly see how Israel chooses to spend that money - dropping expensive made-in-America bombs and missiles on the civilian population of Lebanon.

Letter: U.S. should end support of country tied to terrorism

On July 11, a series of coordinated bombs were set off in the world's busiest subway system - in the Indian city of Mumbai - resulting in hundreds of causalities, including around 200 dead. Once again, innocents have paid a price because the international community, led by the U.S., refuses to acknowledge the double game played by Pakistan.

Letter: Not anti-Semitic to criticize Israel's immoral actions

I thought that Matthew Chavez's column in the July 20-26 Daily Lobo, "Middle East conflict distorted by U.S.," was perfect.

Letter: Veto aims to please Bush's few remaining supporters

President Bush has issued his first veto ever.

Ed toons

Letter: Employees' raises lost in other UNM expenditures

I am a steward for the Communications Workers of America Local 7011 and was on the bargaining committee that negotiated raises for UNM employees this year. People keep complaining to me that they do not see the raises they got this year, at least not in the form of real money.

Ed toons

Letter: Bush's veto on stem cells not morally responsible

Does it make sense from any standpoint to destroy embryonic stem cells instead of using them for the potential benefit of us all?

Letter: University must consider students' dollars limited

UNM has done it again - screwing over its students in the name of profit. Parking fees have increased across the board, and now the only places where any student can park are the South Lot and the Zia Lot. Every other lot has been restricted to certain minority groups of students, with the rest of us left to scramble for alternatives.

Column: Middle East conflict distorted by U.S.

In a telling statement on Friday, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton urged "all parties" in the escalating conflict in the Middle East to "accept the principle that governments must exercise sovereign control over their territories." If only U.S. and Israeli leaders adhered to their own pronouncements, the Middle East would not be facing its biggest disaster in a quarter century.

Ed toons

Letter: Properties named after governor imply big ego

What does it say about an elected official who gets state properties and facilities named for himself or a family member while he or she is still in office?

Letter: Part of being American is caring for our citizens

I am appalled at the lack of compassion Mark Erasmus has for his fellow citizens who are less fortunate than himself. How long has it been since Erasmus has had to work a minimum wage job and try to survive on that pay? I doubt that he ever has, or he might remember how difficult it was.

Letter: Impeachment policies inconsistent, unjustified

As a concerned American citizen, I just have to ask: If Clinton was impeached for lying about sex, why has Bush not been impeached for lying about a war?