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Category: Events

You froze, shoveled; the governor skied

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021
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Editorial, Events, Oklahoma Politics

            It was not Mark Twain, but his pal Charles Dudley Warner, who observed, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Well, that old editor of The Hartford Courant never met Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt.           After declaring a State

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Regulation of steamboats in 1840 = regulation of electricity in Texas today

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021
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Editorial, Events, National Politics

Here in Duncan we had what looks to be a close call. All gas users were asked to curtail consumption – lower thermostats 5 to 10 degrees during the worst hours. As there was no ice or strong wind the

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Trump betrays Kurds and American honor

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019
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Editorial, Events, National Politics

            On September 6, 2019, a date that will forever stain this nation’s reputation, President Donald Trump pulled U.S. troops off the northern Syrian border with Turkey. After a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, our president in his

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Not making a mark, but leaving a stain

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019
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Climate Crisis, Events

          United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for world leaders to meet Monday for a special summit on the “the life-threatening impact of climate change on health, through air pollution, heat waves and risks to food security.”           He hoped they would

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American Revolution still inspires the world

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019
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Editorial, Events, National Politics

          He was the mouthpiece of the American Revolution, the pamphleteer supreme, the man most responsible for articulating American ideals and goals for worldly consideration. He was Thomas Paine, controversial even among his friends and allies.           Tomorrow’s 243rd anniversary of our

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Local Democratic Primary Reaction

July 10, 2018
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Events, Oklahoma Politics

Stephens County Democratic Party Chair Gary Edmondson said Wednesday that he was encouraged by the turnout and results in Tuesday’s Primary. “We had some good candidates facing each other in a most civil fashion, no mud-slinging involved. They discussed the

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Look! Over there!

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018
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Editorial, Events, Oklahoma Politics

Trying to ensure proper education funding in a state where an Ada elementary schoolgirl uses the same text that Blake Shelton had in 1982-83, Oklahoma teachers have created quite a stir with their walkout. As summarized by Dominique Mosbergen of Huffington

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We are the expendables

April 16, 2018
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Editorial, Events, National Politics, Oklahoma Politics

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

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Pain and a painful lesson

April 15, 2018April 15, 2018
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Editorial, Events, National Politics

Following 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

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Beware dealing with the devil

December 29, 2017
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Editorial, Events, National Politics

Quid pro quo – “what is for which,” “something for something.” You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours It is increasingly evident that the Donald Trump campaign was seeking as much help as it could get from operatives working in

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