Opinion
The U.S. Empire is the world's worst terrorist gang
June 20I compliment Muhammad Ali for refusing to be a U.S. soldier. I highly compliment him for refusing to go murder people Vietnam.
Opinion
Opinion
Letter: Mining jobs cause more harm than good
June 12So many working class Americans are voting for Trump because he does not appear to give a hoot about the environment when it comes to mining jobs he wants to bring back to the US, like for coal. But what about the danger to the health of the worker that mining inherently engenders? Thus for coal, what about black lung disease?
Opinion
Editorial: LGBTQ community's values strongest following Orlando tragedy
Daily Lobo Editorial Board | June 12There is a tragically ironic element to the timing of Sunday’s attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, the aftermath of which amounts to the biggest mass shooting in U.S. history. All through June, all across the country, the LGBTQ community and its supporters have been and are celebrating Pride month, centered around the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage on June 26. People of all nationalities, races and preferred sexual orientations are taking to the streets to celebrate an atmosphere of unity, equality and love.
Opinion
Column: 2016 presidential race is an example of political extremism
Matthew Reisen | June 6This is an assessment on what seems to be happening in America: a situation I like to call “political extremism.” Recently, I covered both Bernie Sanders’ and Donald Trump’s political rallies in Albuquerque.
Opinion
Letter: Businessmen like Trump benefit most from outsourced labor
June 6One of the special benefits of getting one’s higher education in the USA is that USAan universities often have folks on campus from many different parts of the world – studying together, working in labs together, performing together and hopefully partying together.
Opinion
Stop eating meat and dairy to end climate chaos
May 31If we give a damn about climate change, about saving water, about water pollution, about saving forests; if we give damn about cruelty to animals, about all hungry people worldwide having enough to eat, about our own health, stop eating all meat and dairy — cheese, milk, ice cream, eggs.
Opinion
Employers, not workers, should be punished for illegal immigration
May 29It is the employers of “illegals” who are acting illegally themselves. But we argue only over whether undocumented workers – whose only crime is looking to work and feed their families – should be deported or allowed to stay under a reform of our immigration policy.
Opinion
Letter: Doctors should not be held responsible for painkiller addiction
May 16Society has no business blaming a painkiller-prescribing doctor for an already-addicted patient’s death. Any doctor, out of his professional compassion and duty, is going to place pain management first, and is not expected to know a whole lot about the usual patient presenting, in particular if the patient is an addict. Besides, where does a prescribing standard leave off and “over-prescribing" begin for agonizing, unrelenting pain?
Opinion
Letter: UNM's sexual harassment problems too serious to stay
May 16It was suggested I write in to explain why I am leaving UNM for UCCS this coming fall. It came to my attention that the UNM president has been less than agreeable when it comes to how assault, rape and other forms of violence are being handled. So, in an attempt to show that everything is not "okay" and "fine" here, let me tell you why I am leaving UNM.
Opinion
Letter: Seal isn't racist, students are taught to see it as racist
May 16In reading some of the recent letters regarding UNM's seal, I cannot help but wonder how our students and faculty have arrived at the conclusion it is racist. If it were, the seal would be advocating for the superiority of Western culture above all others. The seal does not does not do so in any way, shape or form. A frontiersman and a conquistador, in and of themselves, are not racist symbols. They simply are what they are. No more, and no less.
Opinion
Letter: Argument over seal irrelevant, the University is no longer about education
May 9If UNM were still a public education institution, a new seal might reflect some of those values, not colonization and racism as it does now. But UNM is no longer a public educational place.
Opinion
Letter: Abolishing racist seal a step toward fixing power dynamics
May 9Nobody took us seriously when we held the Abolish Columbus Day march in fall of 2014. But then we got a resolution passed in spring of 2015 through ASUNM calling for the celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day of Resistance and Resilience, and yet we did not see any action from any UNM Admins or Regents.
Opinion
Letter: Seal is not bland enough
May 9Obviously, the UNM seal has to go. The seal is supposed to be an anodyne bit of branding, totally inoffensive and a brief, pleasant reminder of our fine University. It doesn’t matter if the protesters are right about it being offensive. The fact that people are protesting it means it isn’t doing what it’s supposed to do.
Opinion
Letter: UNM should replace mascot along with seal to avoid irking people
May 6Since everyone wants to change our school symbols these days, maybe we should get rid of the Lobo mascot. After all, I am sure that members of the cat, bird, fish, frog and insect community feel marginalized and intimidated by depictions of a vicious wolf.
Opinion
Letter: Middle Eastern women's lives don't matter to U.S. people
May 6In the name of liberating women from the clutches of Shariah, how many innocent women have we killed from all our bombing for all these years? Is there even a running count, by us? The Middle East probably has this count, however rough, but will our own media so much as breathe a word about it to us here stateside? You think the Arabs don't talk about it? We certainly don't.
Opinion
Letter: Seal's replacement should show real meaning from past and present
May 6It's clear that the UNM seal has got to go. How and when that happens is still uncertain. I hope, however, that it is not too early to suggest a replacement.
Opinion
Letter: Protest against seal detracts from real issues
May 4I have nothing but love and respect for the Native American community. Therefore, it saddens me to have to respectfully disagree with a small, vocal group of activists who have been loudly claiming that UNM’s seal is somehow racist or a symbol of oppression.
Opinion
Letter: Changing UNM's seal will be difficult, not impossible
May 3Such is the nature of historical power and its retention in New Mexico, student Nick Estes and his fellow protesters at the Red Nation are going to find it an uphill climb to get rid of the intimidating conquistador on the official UNM seal – clearly a painful reminder.
Opinion
Letter: Nakedness should be embraced, not rebuked
May 2I love living naked at home and nearly naked elsewhere, when I am warm enough. Most humans are the only animals who feel ashamed of their naked bodies and feel compelled to cover their genitals. Why be more ashamed of our genitals than our noses? Why be more ashamed of our ass cheeks than our face cheeks?
Opinion
Letter: Media is wrong about Syrian pres. Assad
May 2All decent, peace loving Americans should be proud of the recent trip by Republican Sen. Dick Black to Syria. During his visit, the Virginia Republican met with the legitimate and democratically elected Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and urged the West to help Syria in it's fight against ISIS terrorists. When the Syrian Arab army liberates a new city or town from ISIS terrorists, it should be something that decent people all around the world regard as a step forward for humanity.
