Opinion

I hear a lot about white privilege. I grew up in Martin County, Kentucky. We were considered one of the poorest counties in the United States.

“This is the time to heal in America. I will work to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify.” – President Joseph Biden An already broken promise from our newly elected president.

The average price of a college education is $140,000. Very few people have the resources to cover that cost, so they must turn to student loans to make attending college possible. Often with caution thrown to the wind, 70 percent of college students take out student loans.

The investment world was convulsed last week when at least one hedge fund (Melvin Capital) lost billions of dollars. The sudden, massive losses happened when a tidal wave of independent individual investors, spearheaded by posts on reddit.com, triggered a short squeeze that torpedoed the hedge fund.

When I was 16 years old, I was invited to speak at a little country church in rural Denver, Ky., not far from Paintsville.  The church had all but closed its doors, but one man, Harold Rice and his family, wanted to see the church stay open and do well.

I’m in transition from journalism to the counseling profession, and I’m working part time in a mental health clinic. That position qualified me, as a health-care worker, for the first tier of the COVID-19 vaccine.

“When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and public face of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19...

Last week, Congress passed H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, providing coronavirus relief and federal appropriations until Sept. 30, 2021. The bipartisan, bicameral package included a number of important priorities.

It’s simple: When you step into your doctor’s office or go to the hospital for a routine service or procedure, you should know the cost. Unfortunately, however, too many patients are left in the dark regarding their bill.

To the Editor: On behalf of my leadership who I’ve copied, thank you so much for your kind e-mail. Honestly, it all comes back to the community - so thank you and Mayor White for being such amazing ambassadors for El Reno.