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The disdain with which most of us are viewed by Republican corporate socialists, their corporate overlords and their spin-doctors was epitomized following the March for Our Lives weekend featuring young people across the country advocating sensible gun laws in the
Read moreSpring is here, and with it comes baseball. And, from the first pitch on, I will wonder anon: why do umpires favor pitchers? Any strike gets a demonstrative signal and a loud call. And a called third strike sees many umpires
Read moreI’ve noted in meetings before that this is the voting demographic that should never be overlooked. Hispanics will be the dominate ‘swing’ block in Texas as soon as 2024. Oklahoma and many other states will follow. Hispanics (both legal and
Read moreLast week, my neighbor for these Wednesday sessions denounced the New York Times for criticizing President Trump. Setting his foundation on weak and shifting sand, Steve Fair referenced the Gridiron Dinner the previous Saturday in Washington: “President Trump broke with tradition and
Read moreLetter to Gary Edmondson, local Democrats; I missed the local meeting last night. Missed Todd Lamb’s spiel as well. But I did come up with something. Steve Fair had a curious column in Wednesday’s Duncan Banner. Something about pure democracy
Read moreLast week, an OKC sports guy wrote a column about a tough-as-nails high school coach making men out of boys. The next day a radio sports wonk was making the same claim about a college coach. They’re both wrong. My
Read moreThe recent months of revelations of sexual abuse throughout society reveal one common denominator: the abusers’ reliance upon organizational power to protect them. (We’ve long known that sexual predators are driven by their need to demonstrate their power. The sex is
Read moreFollowing the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last week, students across the country have mobilized to demand changes to American gun laws to make their schools safer. The obvious issue is the proliferation of assault rifles
Read moreI’m a bit surprised that I haven’t seen something like this before. Seems to be reasonable backed up, as you might expect a newspaper (other than National Enquirer) to do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-and-trump-born-to-wealth-raised-to-lead-then-sharply-different-choices/2018/02/22/ad50b7bc-0a99-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.48239eeb83a6&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1 Joe Murphey
Read moreJosef Stalin had a better description for those doing his work without concern for their own moral position. “Useful Idiots” A Michael Gearson column from a month ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-trump-evangelicals-have-lost-their-gag-reflex/2018/01/22/761d1174-ffa8-11e7-bb03-722769454f82_story.html?utm_term=.0cc01f3c607e Joe Murphey
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