Just like workplace drug testing, if it really affects work performance, do you really need a drug test? Won’t you see its effect? Those who do cocaine, meth, etc. and time it right, you’ll never catch those people — do it Friday and Saturday, and it’s out of your system by Monday. And a $20 […]
Letters to the Editor
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A dangerous farm bill
As an example, numerous states have passed laws protecting mother dogs trapped inside puppy mills, yet this would be repealed by King’s amendment. Thankfully, the Senate doesn’t have this dangerous language in its version of the farm bill. Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, who is likely to be in the bill’s conference committee, must work […]
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For the unauthorized
The argument is that people who have not respected our immigration laws should not be rewarded with normalization, that it is not fair to potential immigrants who are waiting in line and that this kind of measure would undermine the rule of law. It is a simple, attractive argument. It is also dead wrong. There […]
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No bull’s-eye
I wrote to Amber Sharples, OAC executive director, and asked what study or report backs up that statistic. She didn’t reply, so I suspect it is one of those things “everyone knows” for which there is no proof. —Carl Hall, Edmond Editor’s note: The statistic comes from a 2008 Oklahoma economic impact study conducted by […]
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None of your business
In fact, many of these individuals have eagerly stepped forward to help the tornado survivors. Whether they have or not, what business is it of Johnson what they do with their own money? —Carl Hall, Edmond
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Sour note
So, now, instead of our beloved Zoo, we are being offered the Downtown Airpark; what the heck is that? Maybe they will drag out their rickety, worn-out Ferris wheel to attract attendees. Shame on the zoo trustees for turning this over to casino promoters, who could not compete with the Zoo Amp, so they bought […]
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Train kept a-rollin’
It could be said that men my age have fleeting, and sometimes inaccurate, memories of themselves at those ages. But I remember with complete clarity the nights in those homes when a haunting, mournful, yet beautifully rich sound issued across the dark night skies of Oklahoma City. The one I remember most clearly occurred at […]
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Abuse of power
—tracked our every movement with location information from our personal cell phones;—spied on millions of law-abiding U.S. citizens’ cell phone information, in addition to Internet searches, emails, pictures, videos, etc.; —recorded the personal phone calls and e-mails of reporters who disagreed with him (in addition to their families); —used the IRS to target, bully and […]
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Still the ‘Oklahoma Standard’
I’ve lived in Oklahoma City for just three years, so this is my first “let’s all pull together” Okie moment. Nicole Hill (“To be an Oklahoman”) summed it up wonderfully. This place gets in your blood really quickly. And now that the degree of separation is no more than two for everyone in OKC regarding […]