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Stephens County Republicans are hosting a coronavirus superspreader event at the Fairgrounds Saturday. With COVID-19 deaths on the rise again and a Southern summer surge predicted to follow a Northern winter surge, Duncan-area Republicans are welcoming what they remind
Read moreI was pleasantly surprised recently when I channel-surfed onto a new episode of Xploration Outer Space. Expert science communicator Emily Calandrelli was visiting the Blue Origin private space program facilities. She got to experience the zero gravity simulation that
Read moreIt’s an old joke: What do you call a person who knows three languages? “Trilingual.” Two languages? “Bilingual.” One language? “American.” Yes, while much of the world has learned English, most Americans relentlessly refuse to learn a
Read moreJust prior to my first hiatus from my newspaper calling, a chamber of commerce president denounced me at the annual banquet for being a know-it-all expert on any subject. He – and his cronies – were unhappy that the
Read moreIn a rush toward corporate grift befitting any two-bit oligarchy, by the time you read this Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt likely will have signed a tax-dollar giveaway that he proposed to his corporate-first legislative cronies only last Monday.
Read moreAnother United Nations climate report can only mean more evidence that ignoring humankind’s impact on increasing global warming precedes dire consequences. In late February, the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published Climate Change
Read moreStagnant wages and prices rising from corporate gougeflation are not tough enough on America’s lowest wage earners. So, here comes Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) with a proposal to target and tax the 47 percent of Americans who currently don’t
Read moreLefty is left out – if not left behind. Three-time Masters winner Phil Mickelson is skipping that tournament this week following the fallout from his flirtation with a proposed new Saudi Golf League. Jay Busbee of Yahoo
Read moreWe had an interesting – and encouraging – development up in the Cap City last month. Late night March 23, Gov. Kevin Stitt’s plan to raid state school funding for the benefit of profitizing privateers was defeated in the
Read moreThe bad news – as anyone buying groceries or gasoline realizes – is that prices have increased. The encouraging news is that Americans have zeroed in on who to blame – and it’s not the government. The action
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