Corporate executives were once proud that their enterprises produced jobs and wages for employees as well as products and services. Today, the system seems to consider labor a commodity to be purchased at the lowest price. And whereas CEOs once averaged salaries equal to 60 times what their hourly workers made, today’s CEOs commonly earn […]
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Show some respect
Kolliopoulos, along with several others, gave this town a flavor and spirit that can never be equaled. A lot of musicians like myself were given the spark to go out in that cruel world and try and earn a living playing music because of him. The scene he was a part of on Western Avenue […]
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Embracing early childhood education
In contrast to previous mandates for bubble-in quick fixes, the administration now endorses collaborative and coordinated efforts emphasizing socio-emotional interventions and diagnostic data so that children read for comprehension by third grade. He now heeds the wisdom of generations of scholars, including Nobel Prize winner James Heckman, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and many […]
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Pot and panned
Could you please give him a sucker and a pat on the back? He sounds like a crotchety ass. —Paul Walker, Tulsa
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Water and wishful thinking
The USDA drought monitor map issued Feb. 5 predicts more of the same, and now Canton Lake is drained to record low levels to keep Oklahoma City on its unsustainable water usage path. Farmers and ranchers have drastically reduced their cattle herds for lack of hay and water due to this ongoing, severe drought. Another […]
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Balanced journalism
Our society, especially Oklahoma, needs more objective and factual articles such as Dr. Stone’s piece on this controversial aspect of human reproduction. Juxtaposition of that article with the letter below it, “What about the public good?” by Nathaniel Batchelder, was probably just coincidental. However, both pieces of writing well-illustrate the balanced journalism sadly needed in […]
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Incomplete ‘grade’
If presented within context, my message is that “for some students within the lowest quartile of test takers who have serious handicapping conditions, ‘it is just about too much to ask” that they be held to the standard — the numerical gradient of growth — expected of the general population of students. Given the severe […]
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Capital sentence for pedophiles
We could show the world that we really do care about children in Oklahoma, since we have never done that before. —Jeannie Yarger, Edmond
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Stupendous sushi
Not only was it a sushi bar, it was — and is today — a really good sushi bar, and we’ve eaten lots of sushi in a lot of different places, including many in Japan. I was, frankly, shocked to see Tokyo come in third in this year’s ”Best of OKC.” Sushi Neko usually gets […]
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Fighting for marriage equality
Their fight is very inspiring to me and my family. I am proud to be a gay woman, an Oklahoman, and to be present during this great time of change. A time where we get to witness our leaders stand up against deep-rooted biases, where our neighbors courageously fight to have their relationship recognized by […]