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LETTER: Cell phones isolate us from each other
January 24Ever hear someone loudly call out, "Hey," behind you for no apparent reason? You turn around to see what all the noise is about, only to discover that the person is alone and can only be talking to his or herself. Your initial impression is that this person must be cracked.
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COLUMN: War does not result in peace
January 24Oh the savage wars of peace rage on! Evil is being routed out of caves, jungles and refugee camps. Each day, the United States sends more arms and technical support to governments dealing with rebel insurgencies, primarily those of the Islamic branch. With the latest in anti-terror technology, the ringleaders of badness are being pinpointed, apprehended and terminated. It would seem that any day now, the evil must run out.
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LETTER: Gore should share opinion
January 24Where's Al Gore? I've taken a lot of heat from liberal friends about my decision to vote for Ralph Nader rather than Al Gore in the last election.
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LETTER: Legalizing drugs has no place in state law
January 23May God and the state Legislature save us from Richard Fagerlund and others like him. To his mind, not passing drug reform this legislative session is impractical at least, for ignoring a widespread habit of drug use in our state, and immoral at worst, for denying care to those whose suffering is extended by lack of legal access to marijuana.
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COLUMN: Treatment of detainees is just
January 23This weekend saw the beginnings of what I believe will be the biggest non-story regarding our continued actions against global terror. I am referring to the outrage being expressed by human rights oriented non-governmental organizations over the treatment of the 144 al Qaeda prisoners being held at the United States' Guantanamo Bay naval base.
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LETTER: Unshaven men victims of unjustifiable profiling
January 23I would like to bring a matter to your attention. Lost in the discussion of racial profiling is another potentially egregious form of harassment being perpetrated on a subset of our citizenry based on miniscule differences in physical appearance. Namely, those of us who choose to wear beards, goatees, mustaches, foo-man choos, lambchops and various other facial hair patterns may be at risk of being harassed by authority types threatened by perceived rebelliousness.
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COLUMN: Citizens living in fear of airlines
January 23Airline security reached a new level of paranoia Jan. 11, when 86-year-old retired Marine Corps General and former South Dakota Gov. Joseph J. Foss was harassed by two security teams over the Medal of Honor he was trying to carry onto the plane.
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COLUMN: Forced service entirely un-American
January 23As America fights terrorism abroad, a different threat against our way of life is emerging domestically. But while the terrorists openly proclaim their hatred for America, this foe is more insidious: it masquerades as a defender of American values while campaigning to destroy them. America's newest enemy is the "national service" movement - a movement President Bush plans to endorse in his State of the Union Address.
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LETTER: Encourage legislative support for important marijuana bills
January 22Two important bills have been introduced in the New Mexico Legislature this year.
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EDITORIAL: Keeping the dream alive
January 22As we return from the only observed holiday of the spring semester, I wonder how many people actually observed it as more than just a welcomed vacation.
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COLUMN: Hate crimes on rise since 9-11
January 22While talking to my friend Ann a few weeks ago, I told her about the whole Copper Lounge boycott thing. Ann still lives in Albany, and apparently a similar incident of queer bashing occurred there, at a bar I used to hang out at across from my former office. Not long after that conversation, I heard of two other recent instances of queer bashing in Albuquerque.
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COLUMN: Life is not measured by time
January 18I greet all eyes with these fresh new words for a new year. Every New Year there is this rekindling of fascination in how different human cultures monitor and relate to the passing of time.
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LETTER: Civil rights waning
January 18Fraschilla's comment was a non sequitur. No one knows what he meant and he refuses to elaborate. So why must he apologize and why is his job at stake? Of course it is. If censorship continues to go as it has been, I'll expect the American government to begin constructing gas chambers and electrified fences within the next year.
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COLUMN: Media sensationalism brings the negative into mainstream
January 18One of the interesting things about American culture is how, in an attempt to label some situation, group or lifestyle as negative, sometimes American media end up promoting these circumstances and in the long run, gaining participants.
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COLUMN: Nothing 'light' about cigarettes
January 17While you're thinking about possible holiday gifts, instead of looking in a catalog, you might want to take a look at a recent report from the National Cancer Institute.
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COLUMN: We must actively combat breast cancer
January 17As a young woman, I'm constantly aware of the risk of breast cancer. It's hard not to be. The pink ribbons, the hundreds of fundraising events each year and the startling statistics all serve as a reminder that breast cancer - despite recent gains - remains a major threat to women everywhere.
