The Tucson, Ariz., shooter appeared to have suffered from schizophrenia. Schizophrenia often affects young people of college age. After living in Norman for more than 50 years, I have seen it destroy the minds of many students who come here with such high hopes for their future. I have also watched a couple of my […]
Roy Neher
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‘Out of sight, out of mind’
After observing hundreds of bicyclists, myself included, the numbers say that bicyclists are either traveling at 10 mph or, when they get all cozy and comfy with each other out there in traffic, they slow down to 7 mph and shoot the breeze. Once in a great while, a bicyclist may reach 35 mph going […]
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Laws won’t matter
Regarding the Eugene Andrews Letter “Cyclists have the right-of-way, period” in the Nov. 3 Gazette: I am trying to save lives. I like bicycles. I wish that there weren’t any automobiles. I don’t own a cell phone. We were hit from behind, while stopped at a red light, by a woman on a cell phone, […]
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Bicyclists’ rights
Here are some things that bicyclists do not have the right to do: 1. Nobody has the right to travel around at 10 mph, impeding the flow of traffic. 2. Nobody has the right to cause someone to drive dangerously close to oncoming traffic to avoid hitting someone that is traveling around at 10 mph, […]
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Drilling with the devil
(Editor’s note: As a letter to the editor, the following reader submitted lyrics set to the song “Sympathy for the Devil” by The Rolling Stones.) For millennia you have known I was down there / And for millennia you have been warned not to open that door / You have always been told that I […]