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I recently had the honor to address some newly-coined U.S. citizens and some of their classmates who will be joining us soon. Asked to differentiate the two parties, I settled on the two different perspectives on the future. Democrats look
Read moreAfter joining blood-stained fossil fuel tyrants from Saudi Arabia and Russia to weaken the scientific report at the COP 24 climate meetings in Poland, U.S. representatives, for the second straight year, used the gathering to promote the very industries that threaten
Read more“Don’t call them names. You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.” I receive a lot of advice. But, if our president – a spoiled brat with waning mental faculties, who thinks anything he wants is, therefore, good and
Read moreIn the last week of November a book was published: By Oren Cass, The Once and Future Worker. Reviewed in all the places: WSJ, NYT, WP, Atlantic Monthly, etc. Oren Cass interviewed just as broadly. The problem: “—the 19 percent
Read morePerhaps the signal accomplishment of the Pence presidency will be the loss of a unifying figure for this country’s bigots to rally behind. With the departure of Donald J. Trump, Republicans – the party of Lincoln? – might find the
Read more“Don’t call them names. You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.” I receive a lot of advice. But, if our president – a spoiled brat with waning mental faculties, who thinks anything he wants is, therefore, good and true –
Read moreOur president spends much of his public speaking and tweeting insulting people. Favorite targets are the honest media and anyone who challenges his skewed worldview. I was once a city editor called into a meeting with college bigshots, my editor and
Read moreHouse committees have subpoena power. Obscured in the pasting Oklahoma Democrats suffered statewide was the overall good news from the Nov. 6 elections. Of course, we would have liked to have done better – and you-uns would have prospered if
Read moreIs it time for Perez to go away? Fade away into the sunset? Would things have played out differently for Oklahoma if the DNC had had other leadership for this election? Granted, Dem turnout was nothing short of miraculous compared
Read moreThe American Revolution inspired the world. Our founders refuted the ridiculous notion of the divine right rule of monarchs. The French spread our ideals throughout Europe. The 19th century saw the awakening of people to their right of self-determination, which
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