The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires a warrant supported by probable cause for searches and seizures. But what about searches in relationships?
The USA PATRIOT Act just turned 12 years old this past weekend, and it has been a dark specter hanging over the heads of Americans during its lifetime. Its wonderful-sounding name hides the intricacies of a law that violates numerous civil liberties in the name of security from terrorists, both foreign and domestic.
Editor, As a farm boy teenager in Illinois, I was addicted to television. I foolishly wasted hundreds of precious hours and I poisoned my mind watching violent programs. But I have owned no TV in Albuquerque since I first moved here 43 years ago. We can wake up, we can wise up, we can change.
I find it truly shameful that these anti-choice groups make women feel like murderers and killers for making decisions that they believe are best for their lives and their families. Contrary to anti-choice rhetoric, making the choice to have an abortion is difficult and often complex.
I had a patient last week who told me the story of her illness, ending with, “and then I looked it up online, and that was a bad idea.” She had found that some of her symptoms matched some pretty serious diseases, and suddenly she went from sick to sick and scared.
Editor, I’m an exchange student from Italy. During my stay in New Mexico I’m trying to use this opportunity to figure out how Americans act in everyday life, as opposed to stereotypes and what comes from movies and broadcasting.
Editor, I am a student who, with the increase of the Bridge to Success Scholarship standards of a 3.0 GPA and a 23 ACT score, would have still been able to get the scholarship, and I write to tell you that not all of us are made equal.
My purpose in this Lobo Letter is to encourage undergraduates to engage in independent scholarly projects before they graduate with BA or BS degrees from UNM.
Editor, You must wear a seatbelt. You must stop at a red light. You can’t drink alcohol and drive. You can’t talk on your cell phone and drive at the same time without a hands-free device. You must be 21 years old to drink alcohol.
Editor, Dr. Sandra Penn’s letter, “Vote ‘no’ on abortion restriction measure” found in Wednesday’s Daily Lobo, is nothing more than an attempt at the continued promulgation of genocide, dressing it up in the guise of “scientific detachment.”
The late comedian Bill Hicks and I had lot in common. Among other things, we both shared a morbid fascination with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. One of Bill’s funniest stand-up routines dealt with the reactions he used to get whenever he brought up the subject:
The conflict over need-based versus merit-driven scholarships at our public university is in microcosm a reflection of the conflict between parochialism and globalism. Which side are you on?
Editor, Almost always when something new is undertaken, such as the Healthcare.gov website, there are unanticipated problems that require more time and effort than was initially scheduled. Here are two examples that occurred in my life.
We all have dreams. Whether they happen when we’re asleep at night or while we’re losing interest during class, we can’t avoid them. But is everything we dream about something we actually want?
Editor, My life has been dedicated to the practice of medicine and working to ensure the health of my community. I have been a physician since 1978, completing my residency in 1981 at Bernalillo County Medical Center, now University of New Mexico Hospital.
Editor, In his column on Monday, Joe Wagner stands courageously on his moral high ground, criticizes name calling, and declares he won’t be “bullied into compliance with… boogey-man idioms.”
Editor, For the sake of the people of Albuquerque, who deserve to know the truth about the upcoming election to ban late term abortion, let’s set the record straight.
Now it’s my turn to ask a question. Do you tell your doctor the truth about everything? When you go see a medical provider there are certain standard questions you are likely to be asked. These include questions about whether you have chronic health conditions, take medications, use tobacco, alcohol or drugs and whether and with whom you have sex.
Editor, In Joe Wagner’s column, printed in Monday’s Daily Lobo, the author’s gratuitous use of the word “one” left me wondering which “one” he was talking about. Also, the author has another troubling, but expected issue: the meaning of redistribution of wealth.
Editor, No matter how long since I have had sex with anyone, no matter how horny I am, I have no right to rape anyone ever. It is far better for me never to have sex with anyone for the rest of my life than for me to force anyone to have sex with me.
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