OKGazette.com - Letters to the Editor http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/articles.sec-14-1-letters-to-the-editor.html <![CDATA[Train kept a-rollin' - ]]> <![CDATA[Sour note - ]]> <![CDATA[Still the 'Oklahoma Standard' - ]]> Oklahoma Gazette commentaries than your May 29 issue. This, of course, was due to the fact that we needed the commentary to be that good. ]]> <![CDATA[Too red for government aid? - ]]> <![CDATA[Thanks from Moore - ]]> <![CDATA[In praise of petroleum - ]]> No time for pipeline” commentary (May 22, Oklahoma Gazette). If that’s the case, then future generations need to say goodbye to telephones, soft contact lenses, motor oil, antifreeze, deodorant, lipstick, hair color, eyeglasses, soap, perfumes, tires and many other common items that Americans use on a daily basis. ]]> <![CDATA[Abuse of power - ]]> <![CDATA[Don’t believe the rhetoric - ]]> Nathaniel Batchelder’s May 22 commentary, “No time for pipeline” (Oklahoma Gazette):]]> <![CDATA[Getting past coal - ]]> Doug Rixmann (”Bashing coal,” May 1, Oklahoma Gazette) repeatedly demonstrated his lack of understanding of the consequences of burning coal to produce electricity, as well as the costs and risks associated with retrofitting older plants rather than retiring them and replacing them with clean energy. ]]> <![CDATA[You kidding me? - ]]> “Hooray for G.W.” (May 8, Oklahoma Gazette) by David Oliver, I thought it some tart satire.]]> <![CDATA[College and life - ]]> ”College shouldn’t be never-ending,” May 15, Oklahoma Gazette), he doesn’t understand one big point: High schools don’t teach kids about career choices. ]]> <![CDATA[Craving common sense - ]]> Megan Hodge, May 8, Oklahoma Gazette):]]> <![CDATA[Pondering religious freedom - ]]> Letters to the Editor, “Questioning Hobby Lobby, May 8, Oklahoma Gazette) writes, “Is employment at Hobby Lobby conditional on agreement with the religious views of the owners? If it is not, then [Hobby Lobby’s] claim that their religious freedom would be violated by the ACA is nothing but a hollow pretense to religious superiority, taking the position that Hobby Lobby’s religious freedom is more important than the religious freedom of their employees.”]]> <![CDATA[The reality behind ‘teen pregnancy’ - ]]> Life, Rachel Curtis, “Sensible sex ed,” April 24, Oklahoma Gazette) is more proof of the need to abandon this sexist misnomer. The large majority of male partners are adult men. ]]> <![CDATA[The last laugh - ]]> Letters, “Demonizing rich people, May 1, Oklahoma Gazette) on Friday, May 3. That was the day it was announced that we had added 165,000 jobs in April, and the February and March numbers were revised upward by 114,000 jobs, bringing unemployment down to 7.5 percent. It was also the day the Dow and S&P 500 closed at all-time highs. ]]> <![CDATA[Still stealing land - ]]> <![CDATA[Finish what we started - ]]> <![CDATA[Re-gifting a time capsule - ]]> Life, Rachael Cervenka, “It’s about time,” May 1, Oklahoma Gazette), and I think instead of filling in the hole, the church should take pictures of what was in the first time capsule and make another. ]]> <![CDATA[Slippery definitions - ]]> <![CDATA[Hooray for G.W. - ]]>