They affected me in different ways. There was no water or electricity. Looters combed someone’s home for what they might steal, whether demolished or still left standing. The slow-moving highways and byways had people rubbernecking at the destruction. However, neighbors reached out to share what we had and exchanged stories. Tents of clothes, food, water […]
Marty Morelli
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History of violence
Just because Glen doesn’t agree with K.A. Straughn (“Welfare recipients denied work ‘blessing,’” Aug. 31, Gazette), he calls the viewpoint “selfish, miserly, complacent and sedentary.” He goes on to reference a “fat face” “buried in fast food and takeout seven nights a week.” I think a letter making such accusations exhibits some of the worst […]
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Food stamps and munchies
It’s true that many people in society use alcohol and overeating to help medicate themselves. Why not add drugs to the list? The billions of dollars that formerly went toward drug enforcement could be used to help fund the food stamp program. Sitting around all day smoking weed can leave one pretty hungry. A word […]
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The right facts
He says liberals are moving forward a state of complete equality as seen in the landmark New York gay marriage decision. In response to enactment of this law, Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, expressed “grave disappointment with the (New York) […]
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Reader: ‘Hitler was a progressive’
First, Kurt Hochenauer (Commentary, “Not fit for fitness”), English professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, is worried because a fitness report recently ranked the Oklahoma City area as “dead last.” Could the problem be that many in OKC eat too much and exercise too little? Of course not. The problem is our lack of […]