Letters to the Editor

Nuclear materials-wise, we are fortunate not to have nuclear energy power plants yet in Oklahoma, but nationally the Nuclear Posture Review is a timely issue. Nuclear materials should be included in the review because we need to make the world a safer place by clamping down on nuclear materials worldwide. Also, it is time to […]

Judy Wesselhoft’s letter, “Kids deserve better,” Dec. 16, 2009, spews ignorance. The evidence is vast and diverse that speciation occurs over time and that all species have a common ancestor. It comes from every discipline of biology ” embryology, phylogeny, homology, genetics, paleontology, evolutionary development and on and on. No amount of personal incredulity, denial […]

Don Bye’s letter in the Jan. 13 Gazette (“Wesselhoft’s letter refreshing”) is, paradoxically, a fantastic argument for why we need better science education. Bye challenges Darwinists to explain why the earth tilts at a certain angle conducive to life, or why the moon is perfectly positioned to stabilize earth’s oceans. Sheer, barking mad nonsense. Bye […]

In his Feb. 3 letter (“Mother Nature in fracturing business”), Mickey McVay states that I am not reporting facts in letters to Oklahoma Gazette concerning horizontal drilling/hydraulic fracturing (fracking) used to recover natural gas from underground shale. McVay made his living in part by selling fracking chemicals, and this places McVay in a knowledgeable but […]

I can’t believe Rod Lott gave “Avatar” a D-plus. That is absolutely crazy. I am not saying it is an A-plus, but it is definitely not a D! And how come Doug Bentin is the only one watching movies? What good are the ratings if you got some dummies doing it and they barely even […]

Recently, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life ranked Oklahoma as the seventh most religious state in America (News, Greg Horton, “Holy Okies,” Jan. 27, Gazette) with 69 percent of Oklahomans stating that religion is very important in their lives. This news is both wonderful and quite troubling. Wonderful in that the tenets of […]

Is it just me, or do the local meteorologists receive way too much air time? Don’t get me wrong. They are a valuable tool during tornado season and no doubt save lives. Even recently, they came in handy … to a point. But wall-to-wall, 24/7, channel to channel coverage of a blizzard and ice storm? […]

Regarding the “‘Getting off ‘ from the soapbox” letter from Robin Leake in the Jan. 20 Gazette:I don’t know how to put this any simpler. Your original letter (“MAPS 3 needs a spanking,” Dec. 30, 2009, Gazette) said you were against MAPS 3, but you did not vote against it or vote at all. I […]

Judy Wesselhoft’s letter “Kids deserve better” is prima fascie evidence as to why Oklahoma continues to lag behind much of the U.S. in science test scores. She and other loud, threatening ideological extremists have bullied our State Board of Education into expunging the word “evolution” from our K-12 PASS (Priority Academic Student Skills) objectives. Such […]

According to history, both science and Christians believed the world was flat a few years ago. Now, both science and Christians have adapted their world view to incorporate the concept that the earth is a sphere. The data is the data. The theories we create are inspired by the data. Teaching theories as fact leaves […]