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In 1764, in an act of rebellion that earned them hatred from their pious neighbors – and a fine from the theocratic government model of many public Christians today – that Green Mountaineer Ethan Allen and Dr. Thomas Young defied
Read moreInaction speaks louder than words. Last Tuesday Duncan Regional Hospital President and CEO Jay Johnson made a second appeal to the Duncan City Council to enact a mask mandate. According to Charlene Belew’s story in The Banner, Johnson explained that a month
Read moreThere it was, a perfect attack column, as big as a pumpkin, perched on a tee, just waiting for my Louisville Slugger to smash it to smithereens. I had the ammo. I had the headline (Profile in Cowardice). And then
Read moreWhat did the election reveal? • Oklahoma is only the second reddest state in the union. That’s a drop from 2016 when we edged Idaho for the top spot. Every county in Oklahoma and West Virginia voted for Donald Trump,
Read moreThose of us who haven’t voted by mail will either early vote Thursday through Saturday or a week from today. At the top of the ticket, we have the choice of Joe Biden’s moderation or Donald Trump’s crony capitalism and
Read moreIt bears remembering as you head to the polls this year that Republican policies benefit only the richest among us. After orchestrating a tax cut for the rich, the president’s willful neglect has pushed our COVID-19 death toll to world-leading
Read moreI guess one question would be whether Republican governors’ refusals to address the coronavirus epidemic seriously reflects their blind loyalty to their Infector-in-Chief – who now insists on endangering children by sending them to coronavirus incubator classrooms as well as destroying
Read moreA 72-year-old woman has been released from the hospital after getting gored by a buffalo at Yellowstone National Park. She had been camping, saw the buffalo grazing nearby and decided to take a picture, a few pictures. She managed to
Read moreSo, what has our first experience with a pandemic taught us? Republicans value profits over people? Well, we already knew that. The COVID-19 outbreak only provided irrefutable evidence. Somehow Republicans viewed 100,000 deaths – many due to their priorities –
Read more“A few storms may be severe.” How often do we hear that refrain? May in Oklahoma. ‘Tis the season to duck and cover. Twice recently, here near the center of Duncan, I have watched the TV weatherfolk track violent weather
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