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Charles Biggs

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I don’t want to get used to the ‘new normal’ in America

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In 1970, three buses left the Skelly Building (now Boulder Towers) on an early Saturday morning filled with Skelly employees plus me and one of my brothers. For $25, we got a ride to and from The University of Oklahoma in Norman and a ticket to an OU football game including a sack lunch. I…

We can’t let the pandemic ruin every aspect of our lives

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On August 15, the liberal Tulsa World published an editorial insisting that the NCAA cancel all college football games this fall. According to the editorial, “The COVID-19 pandemic makes college football too risky… “Cancel the 2020 college football season, or at least postpone it to spring if it can be done safely then.” This attitude…

Democrat-run cities want to eliminate police departments

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Guess who is defunding their police department? The City of Austin, Capitol city of Texas. That is hard to believe. The Austin City Council, a hotbed of progressive, didn’t completely defund the police – they just cut $150,000,000.00 from the police budget out of a total budget of $4,200,000,000.00. The original budget called for about…

Sen. Kamala Harris is a strong supporter of abortion

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Sen. Kamala Harris is bad news for unborn children. No senator has a worse record on defending unborn babies than Harris and no senator has greater support for the abortion factory of Planned Parenthood. If the Joe Biden/Harris ticket wins on November 3, the carnage will continue and probably accelerate. Biden, who was raised a…

Here’s what happened when Venezuela fell to socialism

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Venezuela was once one of the richest nations in the world. Now it is the poorest nation in the Americas. What happened? After Venezuela adopted a democratic form of government in 1958 through the 1980s, the country was the richest nation in South America. Gigantic oil reserves were discovered in Lake Maracaibo during World War I. That changed the…

After months of Zoom, maybe it’s time to go to church

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For the first time in my life, I haven’t been set foot in a church in months. I love going to church. I like seeing my friends. I like hearing about God and Jesus Christ and studying the Bible. I really like singing Christian songs and hymns in a room full of fellow Christians. Our…

2020 has been a real stinker when it comes to travel

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The only true vacation we have taken this year was a weekend trip to Dallas to visit some friends. And that may be the highlight of 2020 in terms of vacations. In the spring, we bought airplane tickets to Florida to spend four glorious days on Madeira Beach on the Gulf Coast near Tampa Bay,…

A Bridge Too Far is a compelling World War II movie

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I am a sucker for war movies, especially World War II films that are mostly accurate. I recently rewatched A Bridge Too Far – a three-hour epic with an all-star cast and a riveting story line. Some of the stars of the movie were Dirk Bogarde (Lt. Gen. “Boy” Browning); Sean Connery (Maj. Gen. Urquhart);…

Babylon Bee: Sen. Warren now an Oklahoma warlord?

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BabylonBee.com is a Christian satirical site. I like it a lot because it is really funny and they don’t pull punches. Here are some recent headlines and quotes: – Elizabeth Warren Declares Herself Warlord of Eastern Oklahoma Autonomous Zone “EASTERN OKLAHOMA—The Supreme Court decided this week that half of Oklahoma is Native American land. Failed presidential…

My Dad was born in Arkansas one hundred years ago

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My late father, Harley Upton Biggs, Sr., was born in Greenbriar, Arkansas, on July 3, 1920. He passed away in 1997 but on June 3, this year, he would have turned 100 years old. What kind of person was my Dad? He was one of the most pleasant people you could ever encounter. He was…