Keep in mind that this is Oklahoma, smack dab in the middle of the Bible Belt, flyover hicksville where we are all inbred and stupid compared to the left coast because we generally don’t accept liberal socialist ideals. So our young folks even here are falling for what has historically failed every time, including this […]
Doug Rixmann
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Bashing coal
Colorado Springs, Colo., is a beautiful city. It has been declared one of the top 20 cleanest cities in the U.S. by various organizations, not the least of which is the American Lung Association. A city that is more susceptible/sensitive to said pollutants of coal because of its altitude burns coal for power. Wait … […]
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Reflecting 15 years later
I was standing in my kitchen 15 years ago with the window open, smelling the fresh air of a beautiful morning, thinking Tinker Air Force Base was doing something. I could hear them testing aircraft engines many times before, but this sounded more like one of the pilots had briefly hit the sound barrier by […]
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Hunt club
Kudos to Scott Cooper and the powers that be at Oklahoma Gazette for the concise and informative page dedicated to the election for mayor of Oklahoma City (News, “Election,” Feb. 24, 2010). It was a great idea and a format that should continue in the future. Much could be learned from this: First thing would […]
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Taking sides on abortion
A Commentary in the Feb. 10 Gazette by Scott Jones suggested a “weakness” of position on the part of the pro-life movement. An interesting theory with very interesting timing considering the militant demonstration debacle by the pro-choice movement over the Super Bowl ad with Tim Tebow and his mother. The ad clearly displayed the “witness […]
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Republicans Not Economically Selfish
Although I wasn’t wholeheartedly opposed to the MAPS 3 initiative, professor Keith Gaddie makes a couple of erroneous assumptions in his analysis (Commentary, “Back to the public space,” Dec. 16, 2009, Oklahoma Gazette): Lower-income Republicans (or Republicans in general) are not economically selfish. It’s more of a “we can’t afford it” movement, during a period […]