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Charles Biggs

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The Shoji Tabuchi Show sparkles with music and fun

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BRANSON, Missouri – At the Shoji Tabuchi Show, you have to be impressed with the quality of the entertainment and the charming nature of the star. A masterful violinist, Tabuchi, 75, loves his work and it comes through between musical numbers as he visits with his audience. His medley from the classic musical, Fiddler on…

Here’s how America will change if the Democrats win

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Here’s how life will change in America if we elect a Democrat as president. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, will levy a huge new tax on the middle class to pay for universal health care. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, will raise at least $5,000 a year on middle-class families making $60,000. Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke…

Hurts/Rambo and Lamb form a potent passing combination

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NORMAN – No. 4/6 Oklahoma could make a case that they have the best quarterback/receiver corps combination in the nation. After trouncing Texas Tech 55-16 Saturday in Norman, ESPN.com has OU’s Jalen Hurts as the top rated quarterback in the nation. Sooner wide receiver Charleston Rambo is leading the nation in yardage per catch, averaging…

What can America do about the rising cost of college?

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When I went to Tulsa Junior College in the fall of 1972, tuition was $6.25 per credit hour. Tulsa Junior College, now Tulsa Community College, was a godsend because before it opened its campus downtown, there were no state-supported colleges or universities in Tulsa. The University of Tulsa and Oral Roberts University were the only…

My meager collection of coffee mugs each tell a story

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I have a pretty good assortment of coffee cups from a wide variety of places. If I am a coffee cup collector, it’s more by accident than on purpose. The oldest cup I own is really a beer stein from Europe. When I was in college, my friends Marsha and Terri went to Europe during…

You have to listen very carefully to get all the lyrics right

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Did you ever have a favorite song but there were some lyrics that were a little jumbled and you had no idea what they were? It happens all the time. In the song, I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight by Cutting Crew, one phrase is, “I Just died in your arms tonight, it must…

After USD blowout, No. 5/4 OU faces a struggling UCLA

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NORMAN – Oklahoma (2-0) and UCLA (0-2) are headed in opposite directions. No. 5/4 OU travels to Pasadena Saturday for a 7 p.m. kickoff (Central Time) on Fox Sports. The Sooner football team, with the No. 1 offense in the nation, cruised past a scrappy South Dakota team 70-14 Saturday here while Chip Kelly’s hapless…

A billion reasons why Oklahoma needs fiscal discipline

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Oklahoma is taking in a lot of tax money. In fact, during the last year, the state has gotten so much extra money, it has as much as a billion dollars in the Rainy Day Fund (and other accounts). That’s a billion with a “B.” Gov. Kevin Stitt, to his credit, wants to sit tight…

I never bought a motorcycle and never played football

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Football fever is in the air. I almost played football when I was in the sixth grade at Burbank Elementary School. I went to the first practice and was shown how to get into a three-point stance on the offensive line. “Block the guy on the other side,” the coach barked. I did block him….

This is August and it is supposed to be hot in Oklahoma

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I used to hate the summer heat. For the first 30 years of my professional life, I wore a coat and tie to work. In the late 1970s, former President Jimmy Carter tried to get professional men to dress less formally to save money on energy. (He also mandated a 55-mph speed limit and neither…