Mayors push back on refugee fear in Syria debate
North Texas mayors including Dallas' Mike Rawlings and Austin's Steve Adler join a letter from the U.S. Conference of Mayors urging Congress to resist halting Syrian refugee entry, arguing modern screening and background checks mitigate risk while highlighting leadership over fear. Annise Parker of Houston also voiced support.
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Greg Abbott
United States Conference of Mayors
Congress
Dallas
Mike Rawlings
Austin
Steve Adler
Houston
Annise Parker
Rawlings
Dallas Morning News
ISIS
MSNBC
TribTalk
Texas Tribune
Adler
United States
Parker
FBI
Department of County
Departments of State and Defense
Syria
Roll Call
Paris
Mali
Abbott
Cruz
U.S
Michael McCaul
Nox
Lawmakers and federal officials contact details list
A compilation of U S and state officials with office addresses phone numbers and emails. Includes U S Rep Mike Conaway from Midland and others in Texas and nationwide contact information for representatives senators and aides. Addresses span Midland Odessa Lubbock Amarillo San Antonio and Austin with district offices noted.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Washington
D.C
Cornyn
Senate
Ted Cruz
Dirksen
Washington, D.C
Cruz
William Hurd
Helotes
Cannon House
Hurd
House
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Randy.house.gov
Tom Craddick
Republican
Capitol
P.O
Austin
Tinyurl
Brooks Landgraf
Odessa
West 4Th St
Capitol Extension
Brooks.landgraf
House State
Sen
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
E. University
P.O. Box
Carlos Uresti
San Antonio
Senate.state
Resurgence of intolerance in higher education
Thomas Sowell argues that many colleges tolerate campus intolerance and political correctness, citing cases at Harvard, Cornell, Columbia and especially the University of Chicago. He notes expulsions, restricted speech, donor concerns, and praises guides like FIRE and a Right Col for highlighting freedom of speech in academia.
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Nathan Pusey
Cornell
Columbia
University of Chicago
America
University of Missouri
Mizzou
M.st
Georgia Tech
Duke
Vassar
Vanderbilt
Rutgers
Wesleyan
The
Foundation For Individual Rights In Education
FIRE
Thumbs Up for Domestic Violence Counseling Support
Odessa American endorses local domestic violence counseling and services with a public comment invitation. Readers may email onletters 0a0a.com to submit thumbs nominations and share ideas for commentary.
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Odessa
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Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Tsowell.com
John Branch
Lee
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