Letters to the Editor

English professor Kurt Hochenauer presumably grades student essays on the basis of both style and logic. By those criteria, his July 7 Commentary (“At what price?”) calling for more school spending is stylistically fine, while rating a D-minus on common sense. Hochenauer is mistaken on at least three key points. First, he equates per-pupil spending […]

I would like to thank Dr. Edward Shadid for running for House District 85 and for the Page 20 ad he placed in the July 7 Gazette last week giving voice to women and their doctors concerning the shameful law recently passed by Republican legislators. I recently underwent a vaginal ultrasound to check for kidney […]

Kurt Hochenauer (Commentary, “At what price?”) continues to spout the liberal talking points about Oklahoma not spending enough on education.   Oklahoma ranks 14th nationally with regard to the amount of money spent on education as a ratio to personal income. Oklahoma education is not underfunded. He complains about per-pupil spending and cites the Oklahoma […]

David Stringer became publisher of The Norman Transcript in 1997, and his resignation was announced in a very brief article on April 29. Another article, also notable for its lack of significant background information, appeared in the Oklahoma Gazette, authored by Jack Willis (Commentary, “Corporate America, take heed: Publishers should be local”), on May 12. […]

Regarding Nathan Gunter’s “Leaving Oklahoma” Commentary in the June 9 Gazette:I have been in those so-called community “planning” meetings. They’re only keeping up appearances because they throw all that input away and go with consultants who work backdoor deals. Just look at what happened with the I-40 realignment. We were “told” what was going to […]

Why does the Gazette use the f-bomb in its articles? I am offended by the use of profanity in print. We hear enough of that in public and private conversations. Why add to the deterioration of our own language by printing curse words? To make society better, you use self-control. I hope the Gazette will […]

Oklahoma politicians always tout “our conservative values.” Since they rarely explain further, I’ve often wondered what exactly these were. Now, thanks to J. Simms’ June 30 “Sick of it” letter to the Gazette, there is finally clarity.  Wow! Scary! “Harry MitchellEdmond

I have been reading Oklahoma Gazette for as long as I have known about its existence. I am truly appreciative of the stories you provide, the events that you cover, the support that you provide to the community and the open forum that you provide to your readers. Unfortunately, in a June 30 letter, J. […]

I wanted to take a moment and thank you, Gazette, for sharing the J. Simms letter in the June 30 issue. Not because I agree with anything that was said in the letter, but because it is easy to forget just how far the LGBT community has to go to achieve equal rights in this […]

In response to Linda C. Wade of Midwest City (“A letter to Sen. Inhofe,” June 23, Gazette), I would urge her to stop writing to U.S. senators who are shamelessly in league with Big Oil and Wall Street and who don’t care about the issues of the people or the issues of the planet.  You […]