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Liquor lobby is holding back the state

In 1974, I moved from Orlando, Fla., to Birmingham, Ala. Talk about culture shock. Alabama still enforced blue laws, which meant virtually no businesses were open on Sunday. The state owned and operat...  
Mar 10, 2010 | 1 Comment

Wine in grocery stores

Sen. Andrew Rice’s Senate Bill 2205 was defeated several weeks ago for good, sound economic reasons. His argument was that passage would bring Oklahoma liquor laws out of the Dark Ages and deliver int...  
Mar 10, 2010 | 2 Comments

Firsthand accounts are key to understanding American history

The “Ex-slaves” article (Rob Collins, Feb. 24, 2010, Oklahoma Gazette) is such a striking piece! Before even reading the story, I broke down upon seeing ex-slave Charlotte Johnson’s photo, in which he...  
Mar 10, 2010 | 0 Comments

For the health of it

My friend in Canada is a retired teacher whose life in their universal health care system astonishes me. Twenty years ago, she had a hysterectomy requiring a hospital stay. She brought in baskets of o...  
Mar 10, 2010 | 2 Comments

Distracted from facts

As the health care debate continues, we all seem to get more and more distracted from facts. You can believe the nonsense if you like; such as the following statement that has recently been made by bo...  
Mar 10, 2010 | 0 Comments

Build on differences

While it is still within our rights to give an open opinion, I am writing. Do we, as citizens of the most free, wonderful country in the world, understand we did not get here without sacrifice and dut...  
Mar 10, 2010 | 0 Comments


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