Shock, disbelief, uncertainty, anger and dismay only begin to describe the emotions that took over Tuesday as we learned more about the terrorist attacks that gripped the nation’s capital, New York and Pennsylvania.
Retired sociology professor Richard Tomasson died of leukemia last Thursday at the age of 73.
The letters “NIMBY” are sadly all too familiar to heads of faith based ministries nationwide that exist to help America’s homeless, hungry and otherwise destitute. They stand for “not in my back yard.”
Editor, In anticipation to the upcoming conference on "Nationalism and Imperialism" sponsored by ECDN, a local student group of Chicano nationalists, on Sept. 15, I feel compelled to state that at long last Chicano nationalism is being placed on the same level of legitimacy as the other three nations in representation at the conference; namely, Palestine, Ireland, and Quebec.
Editor, Comcast Cable is abusing its customers and our local educators again. Not only have cable rates risen three times the rate of inflation since deregulation, which represents price gouging just as the oil companies are doing with the captive driver markets, but Comcast fills the affordable basic channels with irrelevant shopping and religious programming.
Editor, Shlomo Karni's letter in the Sept. 7th issue of the Daily Lobo begins with, "Let us set aside, for the moment, all the polemics and concentrate on facts." He then proceeds to give a "history" long discredited, even by Israeli historians, although some schools in Israel are beginning again to teach nationalistic myth as fact. Israel's early leaders, including David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin, made it clear that the partition of Palestine was unacceptable and that every scrap of "Eretz Yisrael" must be Jewish - all the way to the Euphrates.
Editor, As a frequent contributor to this opinion page, my favorite target has been Gary Johnson. When Johnson leaves office, I want every New Mexican to remember the antics, failures, dissension and havoc this governor created and then never elect another "non-politician." It takes more than a slogan like "People Before Politics" to be an effective public servant.
It's great when fans passionately follow sports teams, but sometimes they just go too far.
We are now in the Hebrew month of Elul, the time of preparation for Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the New Year, and Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. Some people think these holy days are an excuse for self-flagellation. But that's really not quite right.
Like the college-bound high school seniors it seeks to serve, U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Colleges turns 18 this season. This guide, and a score of others, are the vehicles of choice for millions of high school students who'll start their college searches this fall.
During the summer, the University announced the retirement of Robert "Sideshow Bob" Migneault, dean of the General Library at UNM. This announcement was accompanied by glowing appraisals of the man and his accomplishments from Public Affairs, the Campus News and Provost Brian Foster.
In my 91 years I have seen two world wars and the deaths of as many as a hundred million people in the struggle between the forces of free democracy and the powers of oppression.
Let us set aside, for the moment, all the polemics and concentrate on facts:
The United Nations, at least in theory, is an amazing example of democracy on a global level. Each time it meets, representatives from countries can have a dialogue face-to-face, and hopefully heart-to-heart, if peace and justice for everyone is what it’s all about.
I was born colored. You can see it on my birth certificate. I was born in the Negro - or Nigra - wing of the hospital in Conyers, Ga. Ask my mama. From the beginning, race has been a factor in my life.
Hooray for Jeremy Reynalds! His is truly a "voice in the wilderness" on this campus.
The first Zionists were Jewish socialists. They were not concerned with reclaiming "the Holy Land." They didn't even consider Palestine to be the only possible location for a Jewish state. Their goal was to create a safe haven, a place where the Jews of the world would no longer have to fear violence and oppression.
One of the joys of school in the modern day is the endless forms we are constantly asked to fill out. Standardized tests, surveys, teacher evaluations - you name it. Along with other demographic information, one question we always have to answer these days is "ethnicity."
We are in another election for mayor, and I hear again candidates pushing the emotional hot button issue of crime to attract votes. But, I have not heard any of the candidates say anything about the largest criminal gang operating the city, and hope they will before the election is over.
I think we would be a lot better off if more people croaked, and instead of blaming the media or moral values, we just let it be that it is natural for unintelligent people do unintelligent things and get themselves killed or aversely affect their lives in other ways.
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