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OKG Newsletter


Opinion
 

Saving college savings


Commentary

Ken Miller
The state of Oklahoma currently has one of the best higher education savings incentive programs in the nation.
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Ballpark naming a balk


Letters to the Editor

Mike Brake
What should we call our ballpark?
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

What’s this about a children’s museum?


Letters to the Editor

Amber Nemecek
I was not aware that Stage Center is being persuaded to become a children’s museum.
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

A plan to fix DHS


Commentary

Rep. Jason Nelson
Last October, House Speaker Kris Steele asked me to lead a bipartisan group of state representatives in a strategic review of the Department of Human Services, the state’s largest agency.
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Oklahoma stalls on insurance exchange


Commentary

Dick Beale
There is little doubt the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), colloquially known as Obamacare, is one of the most burdensome pieces of legislation ever forced upon American businesses.
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Keep the film rebate


Letters to the Editor

J. Alan Davidson
The Outsiders, Twister, Rumble Fish, The Grapes of Wrath ... You’ve probably heard of these films, and know that they were shot, at least in part, in Oklahoma.
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Blinded to science


Letters to the Editor

David Grow
Oklahoma has received a second consecutive “F” for its science teaching standards from the Fordham Foundation, resulting in much commentary about the need to improve those standards. All the states bordering Oklahoma received a higher grade.
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Choosing school choice


Letters to the Editor

Matthew Trimble
In Karl Springer’s commentary (”No school takeover,” Oklahoma Gazette, March 21), the superintendent’s train analogy is accurate.
 
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

OKC needs a children’s museum


Commentary


A small group of us recently embarked on a large mission in a relatively short amount of time. Our lofty goal? To save Stage Center by turning it into a children’s museum.
 
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

‘An unforgivable breach’


Letters to the Editor


Being raised mostly in Oklahoma in the ’50s and ’60s, my parents and teachers taught me that even when I disagree with someone’s ideas, it does not give me the right to be disrespectful to them and, above all else, never disrespect the office of an elected leader. 
 
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Faulty testing


Letters to the Editor


After reading “Testing, Testing” (News, Phil Bacharach, March 14, Oklahoma Gazette) I feel the need to respond to this double standard. 
 
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Showing women ‘who’s boss’


Letters to the Editor


The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (men!) and Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich (more men!) strongly oppose President Obama’s requirement that women have free health insurance coverage for contraceptives.
 
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

No school takeover


Commentary

Karl Springer
I want to directly address the people of Oklahoma City and explain my opinion on the potential state takeover of our schools on the state’s priority list: It is a terrible idea.
 
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A smarter criminal justice system


Commentary

Ryan Kiesel
The Oklahoma Legislature is considering legislation this session to reform our criminal justice system. The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma believes reform cannot come fast enough.
 
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The country’s in trouble


Letters to the Editor

J.A. Gowman
In reference to Howard Hendrick’s editorial (“The tipping point for families,” March 7, Oklahoma Gazette), Howard is exactly right — he defines the problem elegantly, but does not cover the cause or the cure. Young people (anywhere in the world) will have sex, regardless of their economic status. When economic times are tough, what he describes is what will happen.
 
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
 
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