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Category: National Politics

“By what logic…

October 2, 2022October 2, 2022
Jim Holland
Editorial, National Politics

…or motivation or helpless surrender did we all, hour by hour, transport ourselves within a generation from the thrill of optimism at Berlin’s falling Wall to the storming of the American Capitol?” “Political scientists have credited Gingrich with playing a

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Come on over; save the republic

September 3, 2022October 2, 2022
Gary Edmondson
Editorial, National Politics

          Labor Day traditionally marks the start of the homestretch of political campaigning. While we could watch with amusement some candidates’ claims of divine endorsements – or at least that of the lower angels of the gun lobby, this year’s

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Face the facts; cut the malarkey

September 3, 2022November 17, 2022
Gary Edmondson
Editorial, National Politics

          The Ptolemaic astronomical system placed Earth at the center of the universe, with the Sun, planets and stars revolving around our special, God-given place in the Cosmos. It was totally wrong, of course, but you could make accurate predictions

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Monotonous monocultures

September 3, 2022November 17, 2022
Gary Edmondson
Editorial, National Politics

          Maybe it’s a lesson lingering from my former boss and political ally George H. Russell. For years, he served as forest practice chair for the Lone Star Sierra Club. Protecting Texas national forests – our Sam Houston National Forest

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GOP threatens public education

September 3, 2022November 17, 2022
Gary Edmondson
Editorial, National Politics, Oklahoma Politics

          School days, school days. Time for Oklahoma teachers to dust off their mimeograph machines in preparation for a return to the 1950 educational model favored by Republican leaders – state and national.           Thanks to a recent Supreme Court

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Pandemic lingers; ignorance also

September 3, 2022November 17, 2022
Gary Edmondson
Editorial, National Politics, Oklahoma Politics

          Last week the St. Louis Cardinals split a two-game series in Toronto against the Blue Jays. They did so with no contributions from All-Stars Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado. Their Gold Glove cornerstone sluggers did not make the trip

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Tearing down the wrong wall

July 25, 2022November 17, 2022
Gary Edmondson
Editorial, National Politics

          The original Puritans were among the most liberal people of their time. Emerging mid-16th century after Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church, Edward VI’s brief Protestant ascendancy and Mary I’s bloody reaction, the Puritan element of English Protestantism

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Unholy alliance against women

July 13, 2022November 17, 2022
Gary Edmondson
Editorial, National Politics

          Political pundits pronounced themselves perplexed when conservative Christians – while  proclaiming “family values” at every opportunity – threw their voting support behind  Donald Trump.           Some evangelicals even claimed Trump, a thrice-married philanderer who bragged that surviving the sexual

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Abuses ignored

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022
admin
Editorial, National Politics

          There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth this spring when a Kentucky family ran an Ohio marathon as a group, which included their six-year-old son.           The morning shows rounded up pediatricians to discuss the effects such an

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How dry we are

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022
admin
Climate Crisis, Editorial, National Politics

          And then one May day, it’s 90 degrees in the shade and spiking toward a hundred with a southwesterly blast furnace wind scouring the landscape with grit that brings tears to our eyes.           And, might know, tears are

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