Nearly a year ago, just before passage of State Question 788, I wrote an article in Oklahoma Gazette about the historic demonization of cannabis and how political and industrial forces conspired to destroy the market for the plant. Many industrialists and their political allies, including major timber, agricultural and chemical interests, aligned against cannabis to […]
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Sen. James Lankford asserts nonprofit organizations are unfairly prevented from engaging in political activity
His Free Speech Fairness Act would allow nonprofit organizations to speak freely about politics and candidates.
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Chicken-Fried News: Mixed messages
An Oklahoma business owner fired a bunch of employees by text when they didn’t show up for work during A Day Without Immigrants.
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Local groups react to recent executive orders
Groups continue to promote diversity, unity and progress in the face of the recent political and community climate.
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Commentary: What have we done?
If Hollywood designed the perfect candidate to represent the anti-Christ for evangelicals, he would be thrice married, twice divorced, a builder of casinos, a sexual predator (unless the women are ugly), a liar and a man so in love with himself that his fondest wish is to die in his own arms.
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Local leaders call for immigration law changes
Immigrants trying to become U.S. citizens face unknown hurdles that take years and thousands of dollars to cross.
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Underground cities may have thrived in OKC
Underground cities were once prevalent throughout the U.S., even in OKC.
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Commentary: Refugee youth would be great citizens
“Suffer the little children to come unto me,” Jesus said, but not to Oklahoma or elsewhere in America.
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LETTERS
Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to pbacharach@okgazette.com or sent online at okgazette.com, but include a city of residence and contact number […]
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LETTERS
Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to pbacharach@okgazette.com or sent online at okgazette.com, but include a city of residence and contact number […]