Why? you ask. Petroleum oil produces thousands more products than listed. One 42-gallon barrel of oil creates 19.4 gallons of gasoline, and then the rest is used to make everyday items. I wasn’t raised with a computer or cell phone, but the future generation cannot seem to live without their electronic leash. I was raised […]
Amber Nemecek
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Raising taxes? Really?
When a family member loses his or her job, that family has less income and normally creates a budget to live within its means, maybe cutting cable TV, Internet, etc. Can government not survive within a budget, instead of requiring taxpayers to give more? It could if it tried, but it’s easier to raise taxes […]
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What’s this about a children’s museum?
In response to a recent Oklahoma Gazette commentary by Tracey Zeeck (“OKC needs a children’s museum,” March 28), I have to remind Oklahoma City that we already have a children’s museum: Science Museum Oklahoma. To pretend OKC doesn’t have a children’s museum and then demand another one for the downtown area is ridiculous. Zeeck implies […]
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Back to the basics
I am amazed at how many letters were written in response to Steve Kern’s Commentary (“Commentary: Scrutinizing science,” April 13, Gazette) article. My main concern is that people are in an uproar about teaching the subject of Darwin’s theory of evolution in school when most teens can’t even construct a sentence correctly. I took anthropology […]