Letters to the Editor

Regarding Judy Wesselhoft’s “Kids deserve better” letter: The title was correct ” it is cruel for kids’ different authority figures to undermine each other. I am both a mainstream biologist with a doctorate and a Christian with a high regard for Scripture. My passion for the past 40 years has been to teach kids that […]

The Jan. 21 Oklahoman has an editorial (“Cap and tirade: Benge is right in urging caution”) that basically tells state Rep. David Dank, R-Oklahoma City, to sit down and shut up. As I understand it, Rep. Dank wants to bring a couple of property tax issues to a vote of the people, and the good […]

In discussing erroneous assumptions, Doug Rixmann makes one in his Jan. 6 Gazette letter (“GOP not economically selfish”). Although often repeated, lowering taxes does not generate growth nor increase revenue. Reports indicate this, but the conclusion is obvious. Removing money from circulation or increasing the cost of borrowing money do lower growth and are the […]

Kurt Hochenauer should have a disclaimer at the end of every one of his columns in the Gazette: “Any quoted facts and figures mentioned in this article a) bear little resemblance to reality in Oklahoma and b) willfully omit any sort of proper perspective.” The U.S. Census Bureau’s national poverty level by income is a […]

I commend Tom Price Jr., senior vice president of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, for his willingness to discuss the toxicity issues of natural gas extraction (“Chesapeake executive responds to letter,” Jan. 13, Oklahoma Gazette). An honest discussion is needed to ensure that the method for extracting gas from shale (horizontal drilling/hydraulic fracturing) does not negate the […]

As a 50 percent Swedish Euro-mongrel, I have been following the ongoing debate regarding Asatru, the ancient religion of The Great White Norse, appearing between the covers of the Gazette. I think the count is now up to one article and three letters to the editor. I haven’t seen so much interest in a topic […]

R. Thompson’s response to my letter (“Get off your soapbox and do something,” Jan. 13, 2010, Gazette) really had me thinking. However, the response came out swinging but didn’t land a punch. In my letter, (“MAPS 3 needs a spanking,” Dec. 30, 2009, Gazette), I was neither for nor against MAPS 3, and I stated […]

Doug Bentin wrote a review of the recent film “Precious” (Semi-‘Precious,’ Nov. 25, 2009, Oklahoma Gazette), and I had not seen the film until recently. Apparently, Bentin has been so privileged in his years on this earth he has not experienced illiteracy, physical and emotional abuse and neglect, rape, poverty, bullying and obesity. In the […]

I often disagree with the opinions, observations and positions taken by Professor Kurt Hochenauer in his commentaries that appear periodically in Oklahoma Gazette. This is to be expected because Hochenauer is a self-identified progressive (he used to be a liberal), and I have always been and remain a conservative. However, I do agree with some […]

In response to Robin Leake’s letter (“MAPS 3 needs a spanking”) that made it into the Gazette’s Dec. 30 issue, all I have to say is she is complaining about MAPS 3 and yet she admits to not even voting on the issue? What the heck is that? If you did not agree with the […]