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LETTER: Western Civilization does not teach people life skills
February 7After reading Maceo Carrillo Martinet's Feb. 1 column, I asked myself, "what do the issues of Western Civilization versus other cultures have to do with real life?"
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COLUMN: Activism a vital part of history
February 7The thing about Black History Month is that it's too short - February is the shortest month - and it's too often a simplistic display of what might be called black trivia. Who invented the traffic light? Who came up with the plan for Washington? Who came up with umpty-hundred uses for peanuts?
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LETTER: Voters opposed to APS improvement
February 7Last night I watched the news at 10 p.m. and was completely disgusted by one of their stories: Albuquerque voters had voted against the APS Bond issue.
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LETTER: Alternative to bookstore: buying textbooks online
February 6I can empathize with the frustration expressed by Ann Bieberdorf in the Jan. 25 Daily Lobo with regard to buying and selling textbooks at the UNM Bookstore.
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LETTER: Cheney should be held accountable
February 6It would behoove Chris Welch to take a course in logic since his argument in Tuesday's edition of the Daily Lobo is full of holes. According to him, the only people who are concerned about the collapse of Enron, and its criminal practices, are liberals.
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LETTER: Thanks to Daily Lobo editor for Super Bowl commentary
February 6I feel compelled to write and thank the editor for her well-stated editorial on the Super Bowl.
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COLUMN: NASA should explore life in space
Craig A. Butler | February 6Monday, the Bush administration released its proposal for NASA's 2003 budget. This budget stresses developing nuclear power and propulsion systems. Most unmanned planetary and scientific probe programs will be getting budget increases, but space station Alpha and the space shuttle program will have their funds cut dramatically. Also completely deleted from the budget are planned Europa and Pluto missions.
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LETTER: Liberals shouldn't complain about racial profiling, Enron
February 5Why is it that the same champions of liberalism that espouse their disdain and abhorrence for racial profiling in any situation, including trying to prevent terrorism, crow about the fact that the Bush administration won't give up any information on their meetings with Enron officials?
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LETTER: All Americans have equal opportunities
February 5I am responding to Laura Valdez and her shameful outlook on society. Her commentary in the Jan. 31 edition of the Daily Lobo was nothing more than printed bitching. Her conclusions made no sense. They reflect how institutionalized people have become in facing life and its many challenges. It's much easier to blame society and other people for their problems instead of blaming themselves.
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COLUMN: History shouldn't focus on race
February 5February first marked the beginning of the month-long observance of Black History Month, another one of those "awareness months" during which we are supposed take special time to educate others and ourselves about the black narrative in the United States.
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EDITORIAL: Super Bowl sideshow
February 4Despite being a sports fan, Sunday wasn't all that super for me.
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LETTER: APS should budget better, not ask for taxpayer dollars
February 4This endless increasing of property taxes has simply got to stop in this city. Every year we are asked to bail out Albuquerque Public Schools and its latest crisis. Voters have historically voted in favor of raising their property taxes to satisfy the needs of APS to equip classrooms with better equipment and fix older buildings, yet every year we hear that the problems still are not being fixed.
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COLUMN: System dehumanizes police, activists
February 4I called a friend in New York City Sunday afternoon to find out if anyone I knew got arrested or beaten at the World Economic Forum protest this past weekend. Thankfully, he was home getting ready for the Super Bowl, and everyone was fine.
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LETTER: Many problems solved by curbing gas guzzling
February 1For those who are critical of America's involvement in the Middle East, I would like to pose two simple questions.
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LETTER: If you don't like shoe prices, then leave them in the store
February 1When the Air Jordan made its debut in 1985 at an astounding $85, the general population was hesitant to accept such a price for top end athletic shoes. Seventeen years later, it is assumed that quality basketball shoes will retail at $150, regardless of which shoe company produces it.
