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Inaction speaks louder than words. Last Tuesday Duncan Regional Hospital President and CEO Jay Johnson made a second appeal to the Duncan City Council to enact a mask mandate. According to Charlene Belew’s story in The Banner, Johnson explained that a month
Read moreThere it was, a perfect attack column, as big as a pumpkin, perched on a tee, just waiting for my Louisville Slugger to smash it to smithereens. I had the ammo. I had the headline (Profile in Cowardice). And then
Read moreOver the past few weeks, Europe has experienced a second wave of the COVID-19 virus. Government leaders are initiating mask mandates, ordering people to shelter in place again, closing virus-spreading gathering spots and preparing second and third rounds of fiscal
Read moreWhat did the election reveal? • Oklahoma is only the second reddest state in the union. That’s a drop from 2016 when we edged Idaho for the top spot. Every county in Oklahoma and West Virginia voted for Donald Trump,
Read moreIn a pivotal scene in Tombstone, one of the best westerns ever made, Wyatt Earp asks Doc Holliday for a character assessment of Johnny Ringo, their main nemesis. Wyatt: What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things
Read moreThose of us who haven’t voted by mail will either early vote Thursday through Saturday or a week from today. At the top of the ticket, we have the choice of Joe Biden’s moderation or Donald Trump’s crony capitalism and
Read moreWhile Catalan writer Adam Majó lists three dominant features of fascism – hierarchies, violence and populism, American political scientist Lawrence Britt has gained a bit of notoriety for an article in the 2003 Spring Issue of Free Inquiry, where he detailed
Read moreIt bears remembering as you head to the polls this year that Republican policies benefit only the richest among us. After orchestrating a tax cut for the rich, the president’s willful neglect has pushed our COVID-19 death toll to world-leading
Read moreIn For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway’s hero Robert Jordan is talking politics with one of the partisans he has enlisted to help him dynamite a bridge in order to stymie fascist troop movements during an impending Republican offensive. Discussing the
Read moreAn Absolutely Brilliant Plan for the Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court Nominee Hearings There is no realistic way to block Barrett’s joining the Court. It would likely be a waste of time that would only make the Democrats look contentious
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