Opinion
Opinion
New cell phone law hurts the poor
July 12In the June 28-July 4 issue of the Daily Lobo, Iliana Lim¢n heralds the New York Legislature’s ban of hand-held cell phone use while driving as an example New Mexico should follow. In the editorial, she cites two high-profile accidents which were caused by people reaching for cell phones.
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Fagerland is off the mark in blind criticism of Christianity
July 12I am writing in response to Richard Fagerlund’s letter in the June 28-July 4 Daily Lobo. He wrote about Lauren Berrios, a teacher of two years at Hampton Bays Elementary School in New York, who was recently dismissed. She claims she was fired because of the administration’s intolerance toward her religious beliefs — she is a Wiccan.
Opinion
Interngate revisited
July 12Just when I thought it was safe. I thought all the obnoxious Lewinsky jokes had run their course. I thought adding new words to the English language was going to be the most annoying distraction to float out of Washington, D.C., this summer, but a new scandal has hit the Beltway.
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Staff union is leaving door open to merit pay in future
July 5I would like to make one correction in you article entitled, “Unions accept 6.5 percent increase.” Your final comment, “....but we have shut down merit pay and are now on a level playing field,” is not a fair representation of the union position during the recent contract negotiations.
Opinion
Teens fail pop quiz, country fails teens
July 5One in five American teens don’t know the answer to this grade school history question: From what country did the United States declare its independence?
Opinion
Next mayor must focus on children
Jeremy Toulouse | July 5As the mayoral election nears, voters are confronted with many faces to choose from — some new and some old. Without getting into personalities and individual achievements, we need to determine the person who can best serve Albuquerque’s needs.
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N.Y. right to limit use of cell phones
June 28We always knew New Mexico drivers were bad, but I never thought I’d be encouraging them to take a lesson from New Yorkers.
Opinion
Sleep essential to healthy lifestyle
Carol WagnerAdams | June 28Sleep is one of the most understated aspects of wellness. Research is empirically demonstrating how critical sound and regular sleep is to health, mental alertness and staying even-tempered.
Opinion
School teaches intolerance by firing Wiccan instructor
June 28The recent dismissal of a teacher accused of being a witch from a school in New York is a reprehensible return to the Salem witch-hunts, which were commonplace in the early history of our country. Witches, or more properly Wiccans, are no more dangerous, evil or despicable than any other religious group. On the contrary, I would rather have my kids taught by a Wiccan teacher than by a Christian fundamentalist.
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Entire state will pay for area code
June 21Change is a part of life. It’s natural that we are resistant new ideas or ways of doing things because it forces us out of our comfort zones. I’ve always tried to embrace change as a challenge and opportunity, but Albuquerque’s new area code lacks a ring of virtue that would allow me to find a silver lining.
Opinion
Free speech not protection for disrespect of Virgin
June 21Editor, This is a response to your editorial in the June 6-13 Daily Lobo, “Protestors forget what the Virgin represents.” The title of your editorial betrays a certain arrogance on your part. I believe it is you and not the many who are protesting that forgets what the Virgin represents. She represents, yes, a strong woman, but also a humble, devout virtuous woman — a women who always deferred to the will of God. It is you, just like Alma L¢pez who just doesn’t get it.
Opinion
Marriage and law don’t mix
Sari Krosinsky | June 21Emma Goldman once said, “There are today large numbers of men and women to whom marriage is naught but a farce, but who submit to it for the sake of public opinion.”
Opinion
New award fails to solve adjunct labor disparity
June 14Editor, Your story on award-winning adjunct instructor Ann Skinner-Jones (June 6-13) makes clear her excellent qualifications and enthusiasm for teaching.
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Homeless need help year-round
Jeremy Reynalds | June 14Although it’s some months from Thanksgiving, the time when we all remember the homeless, Joy Junction, New Mexico’s largest emergency homeless shelter, will still take in individuals and entire families without roofs over their heads tonight.
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Death penalty, even for McVeigh, isn’t justifiable
June 14Thousands of journalists were clamoring to best describe the emotion that embodied Monday’s execution of Timothy McVeigh.
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Web Exclusive: Jeffords right to stand up to bullies
June 7I could not be more proud of Senator Jeffords of Vermont. It is encouraging to know that independent, thoughtful people exist in Washington who place the needs of their country and constituents ahead of the needs of the Republican or Democratic Parties.
