Responsibility matters in cell phone debate
A Texas debate on bans for 15 and 16 year olds using cell phones while driving is examined. The piece questions whether such targeted laws improve road safety and argues for enforcement of unsafe driving regardless of age, urging parental responsibility and broader driver discipline.
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Kel Seliger
Seliger
Texas Traffic Association
Katherine Calvery
Odessa
Cpl
Clark Owen
Owen
Odessa American Editorial on Freedom and Self-Control
The article argues freedom is divine gift, not political permission from anarchy, urging readers to promote personal self-control as the path to fullest potential and alignment with moral guides like the Coveting Commandment and the Golden Rule. It stresses freedom comes from within and should guide human production and behavior.
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Jesus
Inauguration Coverage Prompts Online Viewership
Find out more about the inauguration through New York Times online coverage. Visit www.nytimes.com/pages/national/nationalspecial2 for broader national coverage and updates.
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Nytimes. Com
Self-indulgent protests mark Bush inauguration era politics
A critical column denounces post inauguration unrest as adolescent self indulgence. It argues protests reflect leftist intolerance vandalism and extended street disruptions. It warns media glamorizes riots while law and order erode and calls for recognizing peaceful rights and limits of dissent.
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Bush
Bill Clinton
Clinton
MoveOn.org
Wife grieves death of husband father to be
A reader thanks reporter Julie Breaux for a human interest piece on a oilfield fatality and raises safety questions. They cite ongoing Texas oil industry injuries, training gaps, and equipment concerns, urging follow ups on recent Big Dog Drilling and Patterson Rig incidents.
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Julie Breaux
Odessa American
Odessa Fire Department
Brian Harrison
Texas
New Mexico
Kelly
Big Dog
Big No. 14
Patterson
Midland
Public Forum on Oilfield Safety and Worker Rights
A letter urging tighter safety policies in the oil and gas industry and greater protection for rig workers. The writer cites a recent fatality, questions workers’ experience, and condemns unsafe practices under threat of job loss. Calls newspapers to lead labor reform and political integrity beyond party divides.
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