Aimee Breeze Credit: Mark Hancock Freethinkers statewide will meet Saturday at the Cox Convention Center for FreeOK, their largest gathering. Freethought describes a philosophical position that asserts that beliefs and opinions ought to be based on reason, evidence and science, rather than faith, dogma or revelation. While freethought tends to attract atheists, agnostics and skeptics, […]
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Apocalypse soon?
But an Oklahoma Poll cited by the Tulsa World last week indicates that constituent group perhaps isn’t as large as we had thought. Two-thirds of respondents indicated they believe human activity might be partly responsible for climate change. A third of those surveyed have had their opinions changed by the record heat over the last […]
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Liquor store owner needs some cheese with his ‘whine’
After reading the Point/Counterpoint Commentary in the Jan. 19 issue, I felt it necessary to write down some thoughts. I must agree with Roy Williams (“Point: Revise outmoded liquor laws”) that discussions about such hot-button topics as expanding the sale of wine and beer into grocery stores are healthy to a free-market economy and should […]