Editor, This is in response to Carolyn Johnson's comments about assisted suicide. The Final Exit Network does not actually "assist" anyone with suicide, but instead gives advice to people with terminal disease and no real hope of better health or reduced pain.
Editor, The news that President Bush's nationwide support has slumped to new depths shouldn't surprise anyone. This news says more about the American media than about the man himself. The rest of the world has perceived Bush - but not his arch rivals Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez - as the most dangerous threat to world peace and the future of this globe for several years.
Editor, The issue of intelligent design has been in the news lately, most recently in Rio Rancho, where the ACLU is ready to step in and support any teacher who does not want to teach intelligent design in their classrooms. Personally, I have no problem with the concept of intelligent design - in fact, I'm all for it.
Editor, Once again, someone completely misinterprets what they have read and makes something up to bolster their poorly thought-out case. No one, including W. Christopher Epler in his Friday letter, is asking for "good relations between terrorists and nonterrorists.
Editor, I was at Zimmerman Library the other day, and I waited about 30 minutes for a computer to open up. Then I was in the lower level of the SUB today, waiting to use a computer. As I looked over people's shoulders I could see instant messages, chat rooms and personals.
Editor, Ralph Arellanes Jr. has dropped some rather tempting bait in his letter in Monday's Daily Lobo, no doubt wanting a reaction, so I'm biting. I will not attempt to refute his claim that Republicans are ignorant of Scripture, except to say that the ignorance is not confined to any one particular political party.
Editor, I feel compelled to respond to the article in Thursday's Daily Lobo titled "Assisting people in pain." The issues surrounding assisted suicide and euthanasia are hotly debated among both academic and community-based physicians. Most well-performed surveys reveal a significant endorsement of physician-assisted suicide and, to a much lesser degree, euthanasia by physicians across the country.
Editor, I am writing with regard to the decision made by the math department mid-semester to disallow calculators for the final exam for Math 162, given that the purchase of a calculator was required. This is a breach of contract. The syllabus for this course, like all syllabuses, is a written contract between students taking the course and the math department, of whom the instructor is a hired representative.
Editor, This is in response to the article "Assisting people in pain" in Thursday's Daily Lobo. I was extremely bothered when reading this article. Are the people who volunteer at the Final Exit Network not aware of the moral dilemma involved in this act called "self-assisted suicide," also known as euthanasia? I believe that this falls under the category of murder.
Editor, I recently attended my first play that was put on by the UNM theatre department. In order to accurately describe the profound enlightenment I experienced, I feel I must disclose my political affiliation - I am a Republican. The play was titled "The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told," and it is best described as a gay interpretation of the Bible.
by Dane Roberts Daily Lobo columnist For its staying power, there are few controversies in America to match the debate pitting evolution against creationism in public schools. From its legendary beginnings in the 1925 Scopes Trial to the current case in York, Penn.
Editor, I'm a bicycle commuter who travels from Old Town to Paradise Hills every school day, and would like to share a few opinions and observations about all the traffic. During the time leading up to the last election, it was amusing to observe the supporters of the various mayoral candidates posturing and competing with one another to catch drivers' attention over the deluge of traffic along Coors Boulevard and Monta§o Road with either the promise of solving the traffic deadlock or the blaming of one another for the area's traffic woes.
Editor, In response to W. Christopher Epler's letter in Friday's Daily Lobo, in which he writes, "It's time to talk about causes and effects. It is relatively common knowledge among the nonbrain-dead that terrorism is a symptom, not a cause. And it's not even a complicated symptom.
Editor, I feel it prudent to comment on how the University of New Mexico has manipulated its employee health care to the point of redundancy. As a cancer patient, I am required to have outpatient hospital tests four times per year. My doctor, who is on the approved provider list, recently referred me for one of my tests.
Editor, I would like to commend Colin Donoghue's article regarding the policies of the Bush administration and the teachings of Jesus Christ. It is about time someone recognized that not all people who hold religion and Jesus close to their hearts are always conservative Republicans.
Editor, Of course "Muslims and Americans want to live in peace," as W. Christopher Epler's letter in Friday's Daily Lobo claims. Many Americans are Muslim, by the way. It would behoove Epler to read the Francis Church editorial that he so sophomorically abuses with his "Yes, Virginia, terrorism is a symptom" phrase.
Editor, I understand that a number of United States senators are willing to give up their annual pay raise in order to do their part to save the government some money in light of the Iraqi reconstruction, Hurricane Katrina and the outlandish budget deficit.
Editor, My wife suffers from chronic pain, so when I opened the online article "Assisting people in pain" in the Thursday edition of the Daily Lobo with some anticipation of finding something that would help her - I was actually hoping to send her the article.
by Colin Donoghue Daily Lobo columnist Last weekend, I visited Goshen College in Indiana for a National Peace and Justice Conference titled "In Solidarity: Engaging Empire." I gave a presentation on the urgent need for election system reforms, independent media and the creation of Centers for Peace and Justice - just like the one here in Albuquerque - throughout the country.
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