The outpouring of support both physically, emotionally and monetarily has been so heartwarming and gratifying. We are unpretentious folk down here and take pleasure in the simpler things. And one of those will be in a few weeks, where happiness will be watching TV news reporters headed home with an out-of-state roofing contractor under each […]
Carl Owen III
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In God’s name
What struck me as jaw-dropping was hearing ministers writing checks in God’s name. Not only is it presumptuous, but futile, as I suspect God will let them bounce. Maybe their actions, rather than “liberal Hollywood,” is the real reason why the number of people identifying themselves as Christian is in a steep decline. —Carl Owen […]
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In God’s name
What struck me as jaw-dropping was hearing ministers writing checks in God’s name. Not only is it presumptuous, but futile, as I suspect God will let them bounce. Maybe their actions, rather than “liberal Hollywood,” is the real reason why the number of people identifying themselves as Christian is in a steep decline. —Carl Owen […]
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Wild about ‘Hogs’
I’m appalled by the numbers from the Gaillardia addition. As the owner of a home with a small in-ground pool (11,000 gallons), I found that the largest user dumped the equivalent of an entire pool once every 30 hours for a year. Must be good to be rich. —Carl O. Owen III MooreOklahoma Gazette provides […]
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Religious education
I read with both great interest and amusement Douglas L. Thompson’s letter (“Freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion,” April 21, 2010, Gazette). His letter makes a masterful statement of the woeful lack of knowledge about history, both American and world. His own statement that as of 1787 that 99.8 percent of the […]