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Media just an agent of big government
Jason Darensburg | August 12“The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings.
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‘Loathsome’ Snowden should be punished
August 12Edward Snowden is not a human rights activist. He is a loathsome and abominable traitor and spy. He stated his aim was to inform the world about the surveillance programs operated by the NSA.
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Relationship Status
Josh Dolin | July 22Gay or straight, I don’t think that I will ever understand men. Things seem normal at first, and you cannot help but imagine your future with them, but the next thing you know they won’t respond to your texts or see you again.
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Objectively, one party stands out as noxious
July 22Editor, I am an objective observer of what transpires in Washington, D.C. From my perspective as a member of no political party, it seems to me that the majority of one of our two primary political parties has opinions such as the following:
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UNM policy is to neglect policies
John Mitchell / Guest columnist | July 15The fall semester is quickly approaching, and transfer students are preparing for the rigors of a four-year university. Unbeknownst to them, however, UNM has already stacked the deck against them.
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Pope Francis embodies simplicity for followers
July 15Editor, It certainly appears that Pope Francis is being the change he desires to see in the world.
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Letter defending Edward Snowden misinformed
July 8Mr. Oberst, The enemy is indeed within, and it comes in many forms. Perhaps the most subversive of all is faculty-produced propaganda impressed on formative minds through state-funded media.
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Politics today suck, let’s go back a few decades
July 8Editor, I am certain that the Founding Fathers never imagined that those elected to serve We the People would ever only be interested in serving themselves at the expense of We the People.
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How many Americans is a gun in the hand worth?
Courtney Leiker | July 8Before discussions become heated and this column becomes a political battle, I want to say I’m not against Second Amendment rights. This column is not to advocate the taking of our weapons or of the breaching of our American rights.
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Supreme Court did not end struggle
Devon Stevens | June 30I’d like to congratulate not only my homosexual friends, but also those with whom I’m not acquainted, for the successful defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act.
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Snowden isn’t the enemy
Joachim Oberst | June 30It would have been easy for NSA analyst Edward Snowden to say nothing, to stay quiet and keep doing what he was doing. It would have been easy for him to live his comfortable and lucrative life, rake in the money of his well-paid position at the American spy agency and get rich.
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Senator: College degrees must be afforable
Martin Heinrich, U.S. senator | June 24Unless Congress acts, interest rates on new subsidized student loans will double on July 1, 2013, impacting thousands of students across New Mexico. With rising tuitions and fees at public universities, taking out loans to make the investment in higher education is almost par for the course.
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Founder-era liberalism wasn’t like ours
John Tyczkowski | June 24There’s been an article floating around Facebook and Twitter, courtesy of addictinginfo.org, about how the Founding Fathers were really the “Founding Liberals,” and how Democrats — not Republicans — have the right to claim that founding legacy for themselves.
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US prosperity slipped as rich accrued assets
June 24Editor, Before Reaganomics became how we Americans deal with economics, the prosperity rating for us was number one on the planet. Today it is 27th.
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Will determines weight; the rest is simple math
June 24Amelia Hoover Green, With regard to Miller’s “hateful” tweet, I feel compelled to clarify what I feel are inaccuracies with your rebuttal. While Miller’s analogy may not be entirely logical, there certainly is a lot of underlying #truth, as applied to our society as a whole.
