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Our government is really a Republic, not a democracy

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It has been a long and irritating experience for me to watch the way media personnel appear to knowingly twist and abuse our language (United States’ English).  And these abuses are not limited only to media individuals, but include elected officials, government employees and others who should know better but, in my opinion, deliberately misuse…

A Friend who is better than James Taylor

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I have only been to three secular concerts in my life. In the late ’60s,  I attended the first. Two bands played back to back: The Mamas & the Papas and Gary Puckett & the Union Gap. If you grew up in that era, you will never forget these groups. As a hormonally imbalanced, pimply-faced,…

Editorial: Obstetrics RN: logical reasons why abortion is murder

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Here is part of an essay from Cynthia, DNP (Doctor of nursing practice), ACNS-BC, who is a registered nurse with 28 years of experience working in obstetrics and eight years with medical surgical and hospice nursing. For 17 years, she has taught nursing. The story came from thetorchblog.net. In her field, she has worked decades…

Kyler Murray, Justice Hill make headlines at the Combine

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Kyler Murray made a splash without doing much and Justice Hill jumped at the opportunity to shine at last week’s NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Murray is a former Oklahoma quarterback who turned his back on a Major League Baseball contract worth millions to put his name in the NFL Draft. He could go No. 1…

Colorado hs wrestler prefers chivalry

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A Colorado high school wrestler recently decided to forfeit a match in the state high school tournament, because he was scheduled to wrestler a female. This isn’t the first time a story like this has hit the news, but what is newsworthy is the boy’s reasons for not wanting to wrestle a girl. First, we…

Gun bill is signed, SB13 gets blocked

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Governor Kevin Stitt signed House Bill 2597, which establishes “Constitutional Carry” in the state of Oklahoma. “Oklahomans are strong supporters of the Second Amendment, and they made their voice known as I traveled across all 77 counties last year,” said Stitt. HB 2597 establishes “Constitutional Carry,” allowing the concealed or unconcealed carry of firearms by…

Habitual crimes targeted by bill

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Individuals in Oklahoma serve, on average, nearly 70 percent longer for property crimes and 80 percent longer for drug crimes than the national average.  This is mainly due to the state’s “habitual offender” statute that can double and triple sentence lengths, and often increases the maximum term to life, according to Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca…

Professional help for state teachers

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A bill authored by House Leader Mike Sanders, R-Kingfisher, that will add professional development training for teachers to help them better recognize students with dyslexia passed unanimously in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. House Bill 1228 requires school districts to offer teachers a professional development program about dyslexia once per year, beginning with the 2020-2021…

Accountability for state agencies

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Senate Bill 177, by Sen. Ron Sharp, R-Shawnee, requires state agencies to provide on their website, or on a general website, certain financial information as prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES). The legislation was one of seven recommendations made by the multi-county grand jury last…

More clarity for custody hearings

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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation to help parents better understand judges’ rulings on child custody and visitation.  Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, authored Senate 65 after hearing from numerous constituents who are frustrated with their custody or visitation arrangements and have gotten no clear explanation about the court’s findings. “To judges, these individuals may just…