I am requesting a few minutes of your time to consider the validity of my interpretation of the meaning of two of George Bush's statements, and the answer to two questions that come into my mind from time to time:
Several days ago I heard a question on the radio that asked, "What would you change to make the future a better place?" A lot of answers were called in - legalize marijuana, put women in charge or take better care of the poor. I knew instantly what my answer would be.
Feminism is concerned with gender equality for women - I say this as someone who identifies as a feminist.
I have been keeping up on the many letters to the Daily Lobo regarding the subject of abortion, and it has become clear that the topic is very sensitive, one on which everyone has his or her own aggressive and personal opinion. All the recent commotion revolving around the subject got me thinking not only about abortion, but of the current state of our American society.
In the beginning, a woman supposedly cast humanity out of Paradise because of her disobedience to God. The misogynistic distortion and sexist slant that permeates our history in religion, politics and society still define our culture to this day. Another religious example of this would be the story of Mary Magdalene, who was actually the "Apostle of the Apostles" - a founder of the Christian religion, yet many today still believe she was a prostitute, a story created by Pope Gregory in 591.
The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by the United States Supreme Court stated that under the principle of the right to privacy, a woman has the right to terminate a pregnancy. With this decision, a woman who is pregnant has three options: keep the child, give the child up for adoption or have an abortion.
I am writing in regards to the article printed about Dahn Yoga and its affiliated campus club, Body and Brain.
Never having seen or read your paper, I have no way of knowing whether you have any concern in printing this type of public interest letter. I am sending you this letter in the hope that you can publish it and help your readers get an idea of what some people think about the conduct of UNM's campus, and some of the slip-shod ways public events are being handled.
Of all the rights that we as citizens of the United States have, the right not to be offended is not among them. This is for good reason - just about everything offends someone in some fashion. Such a right would restrict every other right we have.
If you've been watching cable news shows or reading major American newspapers over the past few weeks, you'd think the biggest debate regarding the Iraq war isn't about the war itself, but how it is covered.
I would like to enlighten Joachim Oberst on the principles of free speech as well as the idea of a privately owned and operated media outlet. It seems like he favors state-sanctioned media that reports the party line, or only speech that has been sterilized to nothing.
Joachim Oberst makes a cogent point for the responsibilities and accountabilities associated with free speech in his letter to the Daily Lobo on Thursday.
I use less than eight gallons of water per day for all uses inside my home.
Joachim Oberst should be ashamed at his attempt to "enlighten" us regarding freedom of speech with obscure references to pornography critics and tossing around overused and often misunderstood buzzwords such as fascism and anti-Semitism.
I am writing regarding Jessica Del Curto's series of articles on body image in the Daily Lobo the week before Spring Break. It would seem that the theme she's advocating was one of stasis - each installment continuously cast a bad light on anyone who went out and changed the way they looked.
Christian Beenfeldt's grandiose letter in the Daily Lobo the week before Spring Break claims the Danish cartoons denigrating the Muslim religion are an expression of free speech.
It was 231 years ago today that Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty, or give me death." Most Americans know him as a passionate defender of liberty, but did you know he was anti-empire? The title of his speech, "Should Empire or Liberty Be Sought?" gives you a clue.
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