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Oklahoma Republican leaders count on solid support outside Oklahoma City and Tulsa to maintain their power, push their agenda. Little matter that state and national Republican policies work mostly against the interests of those voters and everyone but the
Read moreIf I choose, I can drift down to my corner store, flash an ID – so corporate bosses can collect my personal data – and buy a pack of cigarettes. Yet, cigarettes – perfectly legal for adults – have
Read moreIt is an itch they can’t resist. Republicans see governmental money and conspire to put it into private bank accounts. Their economic policies cater to the richest among us – well, not among you and me, bunky, since that
Read moreIt was a big joke in conservative circles. Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis – Republicans both – rounded up illegal immigrants and bused or flew them to destinations in Democratic states. Ha-ha. Now,
Read moreIn August, KFOR-TV reported that Oklahoma ranked 45th in education among the states and the District of Columbia, citing the Annie E. Casey Kids Count Data Book survey. You would think that anyone who cared about education would
Read moreDown at the goal line. Both teams tensed. The snap to the quarterback. The line and a blocking back head right. The QB sticks the ball into the belly of the back following his blocker – and pulls it
Read moreGov. Kevin Stitt and Ryan Walters, his handpicked, anti-education henchman, want all Oklahomans to pay for religious indoctrination with public education monies. Some of the first stirrings of American independence arose when some colonists objected to the notion
Read moreSeventy-one, at last count, empty folders among the purloined national archive files retrieved from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Forty-eight – 48! – of those files were marked “Classified.” And those file folders are empty. Who knows what was
Read moreLabor Day traditionally marks the start of the homestretch of political campaigning. While we could watch with amusement some candidates’ claims of divine endorsements – or at least that of the lower angels of the gun lobby, this year’s
Read moreThe Ptolemaic astronomical system placed Earth at the center of the universe, with the Sun, planets and stars revolving around our special, God-given place in the Cosmos. It was totally wrong, of course, but you could make accurate predictions
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