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Last month Whitney Bryan of Oklahoma Watch documented the horrific saga of an Oklahoma woman who had to travel about 600 miles to receive the medical care she needed because of Oklahoma’s anti-choice, anti-healthcare, anti-women abortion restrictions. The
Read moreOn Sept. 21, the World Champion Spanish women’s soccer team defeated the always tenacious contingent from Sweden, 3-2. La Roja had boycotted the sport, outraged that Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales had grabbed Spanish player Jenni Hermoso’s
Read moreOklahoma executed a convicted murderer last week. Anthony Sanchez was killed for a 1996 murder though he was not arrested until 2006 based on DNA evidence. Earlier this summer, Glynn Simmons was freed from Oklahoma’s prison after 48
Read moreThere was excitement out of Türkiye last week. Archaeologists from Istanbul’s Koç University found an archive of written material from the thirteenth century days of the Hittite Empire. The Heritage Daily account listed royal seals among the finds
Read moreIt should have ignited a national celebration, not a cause célèbre. A makeshift Spanish women’s soccer team left opponents strewn across the pitch down under and won the Women’s World Cup on Aug. 20 with a dominating performance that
Read moreNo, I won’t gloat, won’t cry, “I told you so” about the continual warming of Planet Eden. Heck I have been just as hot as you have, likely hotter since I set my thermostat so that it will
Read moreAristotle was wrong. Well, about a lot of things: the inferiority of women; an Earth-centered universe; spontaneous generation for some species. I guess we should be pleased that his early empiricism got anything right since he spent so much
Read moreWith a huge boost from his Bill Moyers interviews, Joseph Campbell became a celebrity in the 1980s, a New Age guru with his insights into the religious history of the world. Folks would cherry pick the ideas that suited
Read moreIt was crude, even by the standards of the 1980s. I would pick up my telephone receiver to make or answer a call, and I could hear the distinctive “click” of someone or some machine joining the conversation. Having
Read more(Yes, Donald Trump is a lying, grifting, misogynistic bigot who tried to destroy the republic. We all know that, even the craven cowards and faithful fascists who deny it.) In early July, TikTok sought action from a federal
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