Responding to Pete Lepo’s letter, “‘Liberal’ bias” (Commentary, Letters, Nov. 26, Oklahoma Gazette), I have only a few counterpoints to offer and one clarification to request.
Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor: Dec. 10, 2014
Oklahoma has a painkiller epidemic with new addicts every day and prescription drug accidental overdoses happening too frequently.
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Letters to the Editor: Sept. 3, 2014
No pipeline The Keystone XL pipeline is to be built through central Oklahoma to transport Canadian tar sand oil to the Gulf of Mexico and ship it to China. The Canadian people have blocked a pipeline from the tar sands fields in Alberta to Canada’s west coast. Tar sands consist of a mixture of crude […]
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Letters to the Editor: Aug. 27, 2014
I’m just writing to saying how disturbing it is to see that Jim Brown, your general manager of the Civic Center, is in favor of the Dakhma group holding a black mass satanic ritual at your public facility.
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LETTERS
Shocked by that? We naturally understand studios target the demographic group that frequents the movie theaters more than any other group: the teenager. Did studio executives suddenly discover a new secret hit parade of material? Maybe, but the first superhero movie started back in 1937, with The Shadow. And yes, special effects have improved since […]
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The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma reports that “more than 675,000 Oklahomans [more than the population of Oklahoma City] are at risk of going hungry every day” and that “one in four children in Oklahoma struggles with hunger.” That’s why continued funding of food stamps is critical for Oklahomans. The majority of food stamp recipients […]
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Not our war
The Assad government is ruthless and has killed thousands of civilians, but the Obama administration said poison gas used by government forces would be the “red line” for action. A United Nations finding published by Reuters showed that poison gas was used by rebel forces, not government forces, so that line has yet to be […]
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Allergy sufferers give thanks
This requirement would have necessitated a doctor’s co-pay for each appointment, ultimately leading to a massive increase in the cost of these safe, common, vital medicines. It also would have increased the number of doctor visits and thereby strained the demands on Oklahoma’s medical system. As someone who depends on cold and allergy medicine to […]
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‘Tightening the noose’
Basically other states have come to their senses about pot, both medical and recreational and the associated prison reform. Once again, Oklahoma is tightening the noose on its citizens. When Oklahoma uses human incarceration as a major economic model, it is helpful to keep the private prisons and the legal system clogged with nonviolent drug […]
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Mucking up marketplace fairness
The MFA would make Internet retailers unpaid tax collectors for almost 10,000 governmental entities. It sets an arbitrary threshold for small sellers doing $1 million or less in sales — not profits. Think about all of the mom-and-pop shops who sell online. These are the Internet entrepreneurs who have worked hard to provide a fair […]