Opinion

Ed Toon

Column: London has quiet strength

by Matthew Paul Bailey Daily Lobo guest columnist On July 7, 2005, the city I was born in felt the firsthand effects of the war on terrorism. Four bombs exploded at various locations in London. These places were not full of the rich and famous, nor politicians or tourists.

Letter: Terrorist bombings cause emotional response

Editor, I sat down for my morning tea on Thursday and read: "40 killed and three hundred injured in London blasts." Over the course of the next few days, we heard of more people dead and worse. It's always worse for those left behind. Some, who just missed the bus or rail, will feel relieved and guilty for being alive.

Letter: London attacks don't compare to Iraq violence

Editor, How hollow must the sound of President Bush's and Prime Minister Blair's empty words ring, even in the trustful ears of the staunchest patriot in the face of Madrid last year and now London. We should not forget that all terrorists are human. There are specific reasons behind their actions, which must be understood and acknowledged.

Ed Toon

Column: Environment facts fudged

by Maceo Carrillo-Martinez Daily Lobo columnist According to scholars who study the Mayan calendar, we are in a period in which communication is vitally important to our survival. With wars draining the land of wealth and history and the heated debates around global warming, our ability to communicate is more important than ever.

Editorial: Jailing of reporter signals danger to press' freedom

A federal judge ordered Wednesday that a reporter for the New York Times be imprisoned for contempt of court for refusing to reveal sources in front of a grand jury. The federal grand jury is investigating whether a Bush administration official leaked a CIA agent's identity, which is a federal crime.

Letter: The side of Bush we have yet to hear

Editor, Here is an excerpt from the speech Bush wanted to give last week: "My fellow Americans, as you know, I rarely stoop to speak directly to the unwashed masses, but tonight I am putting my profound contempt for humanity aside to feed you more worthless drivel that I'm sure you will eat up like so many Big Macs.

Letter: Ch†vez supporters blind to mayor's lack of action

Editor, I am writing about the article "Students aid candidates," printed in last week's Daily Lobo. As a former president of the UNM College Democrats, I thought I would share some thoughts on the current mayor's race. In the article, UNM student Brian Eagan made it clear he is an enthusiastic supporter of Mayor Martin Ch†vez, but I couldn't find any reasons.

Letter: UNM needs to clean up more than just buildings

Editor, Regarding the recent article "Regents give OK to bond issue," I would say it is about time that somebody woke up and realized the campus needs improvements and renovations. Whether students should pay for part of the bonds is open for debate. It does seem as though students are taking an excessive hit considering the recent tuition hike they will have to pay for.

Letter: Terrorist attacks tripled last year thanks to war

Editor, The most senior officer in the United States armed forces, Gen. Richard Myers, said Iraqi insurgents have lost none of their capacity to stage attacks. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said there were 50 to 60 attacks a day - the same level as one year ago.

Letter: Students blinded by their political opinions

Editor, I recently made the agonizing decision to abandon a budding career as an academic in favor of practicing law. The decision was indeed difficult because in more than 30 years of earning wages, I have never had a job as challenging, fulfilling and downright fun as helping college students educate themselves.

Column: Waking up to Welfare

by Lucinda Ulrich Daily Lobo columnist For the majority of my life, I assumed that people on Medicaid and other social welfare programs just lay around all day making up fictitious children and eating taxpayer bonbons. But since life is what happens while you're making other plans, I ended up pregnant.

Editorial: Court ruling threatens student publications

What we're about to write may soon be censored by University administrators. Thanks to a recent ruling in the Hosty v. Carter case by the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, censorship of college media is a new danger to freedom of the press and freedom of speech.

Column: Waking up to Welfare

by Lucinda Ulrich Daily Lobo columnist For the majority of my life, I assumed that people on Medicaid and other social welfare programs just lay around all day making up fictitious children and eating taxpayer bonbons. But since life is what happens while you're making other plans, I ended up pregnant.

Letter: Professor questions how to teach creation myths

Editor, I read Maceo Carillo-Martinet's column concerning religion and science published in last week's Daily Lobo with great interest. As a scientist, my first inclination was to ask him about his thoughts concerning the underlying epistemology of science - that miracles and supernatural explanations are not accepted as scientific explanation.

Editorial: Students continue to foot the bill for UNM

It seems like UNM students are always picking up the tab. When administrators were putting together the University's budget for next year, they wanted to raise tuition 12 percent to pay for everything money from the state didn't pay for. Now, the administration wants students to pay for renovations of educational facilities.

Letter: UNM should be careful with campus water use

Editor, New Mexico recently had a record-breaking spring season for precipitation, so it is easy to think that water conservation is the last thing UNM should be worrying about. But take a look at the land you live on - it's a desert. Those green grassy fields and brilliantly colored flowers are not natural products of the harsh region of the Southwest.

Letter: Science, Creationist ideas go hand in hand

Editor, Darwinians and Creationists agree - they just don't know it. Reading last week's Daily Lobo opinion column entitled "Teach all sides of origin," I once again am saddened by the fanatics on both sides. There is a fundamental problem with the author's statement, "With a Western scientific paradigm comes the acceptance that life was not created for any purpose or with any goal, but is an outcome of many years of random, physically based occurrences.

Letter:Doubting Bush gets one labeled America hater

Editor, The world just keeps getting more and more bizarre. The pathology affecting the psychotic morons who control it get more illogical and hypocritical every day. In the last few weeks, the Bush administration criticized Newsweek for running a story about interrogators at Guantanamo Bay flushing the Quran down the toilet - not that such an incident occurred, but that they ran the story.