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Syndicated Columnists What's Your Opinion? Read Letters to the Editor here Submit a letter to the editor Double Exposure Photo Caption Read this week's Speak Up! If you want to complain or dish out praise, e-mail us at: speakup@abqjournal.com Speak Up! rules: You have to do it in 50 words or less. Keep it clean; no cursing, please. Don't identify anyone you criticize, and we don't need your name, just initials. It's cheaper than therapy! Columns by local authors here Male-Female Pairing Pays Off for Society San Juan Trout Stamp Bill Smells Fishy Same-Day Registration, Fraud Justices Ruled Marriage Is 'a Basic Civil Right' Pit Rules Dry Up N.M. Drilling State Noncompliance Spurs Lawyer Fees Ensure Ethics Panel Can Make Difference Let's Lead Clean-Energy Charge UNM Athletics Has Posted Big Wins Under AD Krebs Ignition Interlocks Just Part of N.M.'s DWI Solution Journal North & Santa Fe Opinion Page here West Side & Rio Rancho Opinion Page here

The Journal's Opinion: Daily Editorials These editorials first appeared in the Albuquerque Journal. They were written by editorial page staff and are unsigned as they represent the opinion of the newspaper rather than the writers. Send Do-Gooders Home They may be misguided do-gooders, but they are unlikely kidnappers and child trafffickers.   (Tuesday, February 09, 2010) Would Berry Put His Kid on This Guy's Bus? Here's a tip for David Campbell, the city of Albuquerque's chief administrative officer and Mayor Richard Berry's right-hand man:   (Tuesday, February 09, 2010) State Incentives Should Follow the Same Script  (Monday, February 08, 2010) Junket Poorly Timed  (Monday, February 08, 2010) Sideline Proposed State Budget To Trim the Fat  (Sunday, February 07, 2010) Recall Debacle Takes Toyota on Rough Road   (Saturday, February 06, 2010) UNM's Officials Flunk Accountability Makeup  (Saturday, February 06, 2010) Opera's Fiscal Class Act   (Friday, February 05, 2010) APD Shouldn't Be 'The Young and the Restless'  (Friday, February 05, 2010) NMAA Fouls Out by Closing School Games  (Thursday, February 04, 2010) Amendment Will Help Ground Tax Lightning  (Thursday, February 04, 2010) Jackson Attorney Fees Better Spent on Clients  (Wednesday, February 03, 2010) Obama Education Plan More Realistic, Doable  (Wednesday, February 03, 2010) Closed Doors, Mouths Don't Encourage Ethics   (Tuesday, February 02, 2010) UNM Biology Needs To Get Fiscal House in Order  (Monday, February 01, 2010) No Way To Bridge Gap  (Monday, February 01, 2010) State Needs To Open Up Its Payroll Records  (Sunday, January 31, 2010) Lawmakers Should Put People Before the Pork  (Saturday, January 30, 2010) Weekend Train Service A Fiscal Shell Game  (Saturday, January 30, 2010) APS Capital Spending Package Merits a Yes  (Friday, January 29, 2010) Don't Say It's Raining Without Spending Cuts  (Friday, January 29, 2010) It's Official: Content Is Key in E-Mail Purging  (Thursday, January 28, 2010) 1 Schedule, Still Flexible  (Thursday, January 28, 2010) Families on To-Do List   (Wednesday, January 27, 2010) Court Deposits Should Be Safe, Not Sorry  (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)

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Our Columnists' Opinions: Diane Dimond / For The Journal Today's Isolated Kids = Tomorrow's Killers Letter to John Ramsey Michael Coleman / Journal Washington Bureau Domenici Sr. Finds Purpose in National Debt Initiative D'val Westphal / Of The Journal Crime-Fighting Accomplishments Dinelli's Legacy Jim Scarantino / For The Journal Syndicated Columnists: George F. Will / Washington Post How to get the country to solvency on entitlements David Broder / Washington Post Obama need not wait to change relations with Congress E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post On health care: 'Finish the kitchen' Ellen Goodman / Washington Post Writers Group Letting Go Jim Hoagland / Washington Post Bidding farewell to a life in columns Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post The great peasant revolt of 2010 Ruben Navarrette / Washington Post Flunking on education reform Kathleen Parker / Washington Post Writers Group The only reason to end 'don't ask, don't tell': military effectiveness Eugene Robinson / Washington Post Kidnapping of Haitian children was no act of charity Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post America's candor gap on the budget

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