Editor, In the early morning of Nov. 11, 2007, I woke up far away from the United States in the Middle East country of Kuwait. I quietly walked through the lines and rows of hundreds of olive drab cots where my fellow combat soldiers still slept.
Editor, On Oct. 22, Antonio Sanchez published an article in the Daily Lobo citing difficulties some UNM transfer students have encountered. Sanchez reported there are 1,300 undergraduate transfer students attending UNM this fall. I am one of those 1,300 transfer students.
Editor, During the last year, in the lead-up to the 2012 presidential election, women’s rights have taken a front seat in the news and media.
Sudoku and crossword answers for Thursday 11-8.
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where to go.”
Mercury entered retrograde motion on Election Day, and if you’re an astrology freak like me, you understand the significance. I dread these periods because it means sluggishness, slow progress, even setbacks. Despite the fact that I subscribe to this pseudoscience, I prefer logic, right and wrong.
Editor, Today I saw someone celebrating President Obama’s re-election by writing peace signs in the ‘O’s of the word Obamanos.
Sudoku and crossword answers for Wednesday 11-7.
Editor, Some citizens may find it quite odd that a veteran who has served both in Iraq and Afghanistan supports bringing our troops home and ending the war in Afghanistan.
Editor, I would not smoke cigarettes for all the money in the world. I have had many friends who smoke and I love them, but no one on Earth hates cigarettes more than I.
Editor, I am delighted that the APD managed to capture the freshman criminal mastermind that wanted to sell $10 worth of marijuana.
Editor, I recently visited the UNM campus and discovered a large mural down in the basement of the Student Union Building.
Sudoku and crossword answers for Monday 11-6.
Editor, Sam Allred’s letter to the Daily Lobo gives me a wonderful opportunity to share with readers the UNM Art Museum’s commitment to educating public school children as well as the University community.
I had a heart attack in 2009. I have never been able to get the Veterans Affairs Hospital or N.M. Medicaid to approve the cardiac rehab required to go to school and work.
It is remarkable that every presidential election seems to top the previous one in terms of importance. With each race, the public faces the same dilemma: right-wing corporatism flirting with outright fascism or right-wing liberalism propped up by militarism.
These days, it’s easy to say that the two major parties have lost touch with what they have traditionally stood for. Kennedy and Obama both define “Democrat” in radically different ways, just as Eisenhower and Romney define “Republican” in radically different ways.
Sudoku and crossword answers for Friday 11-2.
Most of our global warming is caused by burning oil, coal and gas, clearing the forests and pumping methane into the atmosphere from farms, landfills and coal mines.
Editor, I’m a frequent reader of the Daily Lobo, and today I read a letter someone sent in regarding the football team and Bob Davie’s presence.
Solutions by The State News
