Letters to the Editor

In “A ‘cooperative affair’” (Commentary, Oklahoma Gazette, Sept. 30, 2009), Scott Jones asks “some big questions like, ‘Exactly what is government?’ and ‘What is its purpose?’” So where does Jones, a Christian minister, turn for answers? Jesus? The Bible? Theology? No. He turns to Will Rogers. No wonder Jones’ denomination is the fastest shrinking in […]

When I was in graduate school, one of the biggest problems confronting the United States was Third World debt. One of my graduate teachers was appointed to a panel to investigate the causes and try to develop some solutions to the problem. In the first meeting of leading economists and bankers, the question arose: “Why […]

If they named the team the Oklahoma City Rocks, there would be tons of theme music to choose from. The Thunder sounds like a WNBA name, at best. The Rocks, as a noun, pays tribute to our energy heritage and our toughness. As a verb, it says a lot about how we feel about our […]

Mr. Thomas Furlong provided interesting comments about the state of poverty and the so-called “mantra from the left” regarding the ever-widening gap between the rich and poor (Letters, “Poverty ‘a transient state,’ reader claims,” Aug. 6, 2008, Gazette). Furlong also went on to note that “numbers and graphs are largely irrelevant, especially when looking at […]

The Aug. 6, 2008, article in Chicken-Fried News, “Outlaw the outlaws,” about state Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore, was funny but sad. Evidently, he has never been around gangs. He needs to talk to the cops that deal with gangs before he makes any more rash statements. I worked nights 25-plus years in printing houses in […]