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The ballot question allowing recreational marijuana was soundly rejected this week. In the Repo column in the Banner other sources told me that marijuana is a “gateway drug.” I wonder about how much and in what war that is a
Read moreEuropeans fleeing religious persecution or seeking better lives arrive on a foreign shore, defeat the local inhabitants, claim a manifest destiny to occupy their lands, dispossess the natives of their property, declare them second-class residents and herd them into
Read moreLast week, in a rare act of foreign policy sanity, the U.S. joined other United Nations Security Council members in criticizing Israel for its ongoing policy of planting settlements and settlers in West Bank territory. The vote followed
Read moreWhen is extending the debt ceiling not a debt ceiling crisis for Republicans? When they are the party in power, when scuttling the economy worse than their normal policies do might be a political depth charge. Except for
Read moreIt is going to be a job to keep this county organization alive. Last report from the election board has the count of registered Democrats in Stephens County at 6000. I believe at least a third of those registered Republican
Read moreOn Wednesday and Thursday last week, two Jewish men in Los Angeles were shot shortly after leaving their synagogues following morning prayers. A man has been arrested, and police are investigating the shootings as hate crimes. There are
Read moreEarlier this month The Oklahoman carried a story by Molly Young of the USA Today Network’s Sunbelt Region explaining that Cheyenne and Arapaho Gov. Reggie Wassana had called upon the federal government to change the name of the Washita
Read moreAs if we needed more proof that world leaders (?) prefer the comfy status quo – temporary though it will be – over any action to reduce the heat on our planet, the next United Nations climate negotiations will
Read moreOklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt embraced his failures during his inauguration speech last week. The unnecessary deaths and low education rankings his first four years brought us are the plums he pulled from his pie to proclaim himself such a
Read moreWhat’s in it for the liars promoting conspiracy theories, knowing that they abuse the truth? Are they committed fascists or greedy opportunists whose lust for filthy lucre exceeds any principles? “Fox News star Sean Hannity – one of
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