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Last 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 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
Read moreAs I mentioned in my solar eclipse column last summer, I love hiking the Black Hills. Thus, it should be no surprise that I check the Rapid City Journal regularly to keep abreast of Hills happenings. Still, it was a
Read moreSome Oklahoma big shots convened secretly recently to propose a plan for fixing the GOP-bungled state finances. Touted as “some of Oklahoma’s most influential citizens,” by The Oklahoman – long an apologist for corporate welfare – Step Up Oklahoma offered much
Read moreLast night’s State of the Union address occurred much past my deadline. So, let’s assess what we’ve seen in the President Trump’s first year. (Stay with me now; there’s a big finish.) Adulterer? Michael Wolff thinks it is happening right
Read moreLast month, AT&T announced a bonus for all employees, citing the Republican corporate tax slashes as its impetus. The announcement came a few days after my AT&T bill arrived with a 9.7 percent increase. Put 2018 rates into effect one month
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