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Charles Biggs

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Buying your own home is a lot more expensive these days

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In 1978, I was single and I began saving $50 a week to buy a house. I purchased a house near 29th Street and Harvard Avenue for $36,000 and sold it a little over two years late for $45,000. I think my mortgage rate was about 10%. It was a two-bedroom wood frame house with…

Biden’s chaotic border policy is dangerous to America

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The history of the United States is full of people who migrated here from other nations and carved out a successful life for themselves and their families. Before World War II, Europeans like Albert Einstein fled from Germany to save their lives and start a new beginning. I don’t know anyone who is opposed to…

When Matt Dillon told you to ‘get out of Dodge’, you did

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There are so many choices about what to watch on TV and most of it is of poor quality, silly, profane or dull. Lately, I have been watching reruns of Gunsmoke on the INSP Channel. Set in Dodge City, Kansas (an actual city), Gunsmoke was perhaps the most popular western TV show in history. It…

For 21 years, the Tulsa Beacon has spread the good news

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In 1984, I quit my job for a big-city daily newspaper so I could start a weekly newspaper in Glenpool, Oklahoma. At that time, Glenpool was the fastest growing city (percentage-wise) in the state. It grew from about 2,500 in 1980 to around 6,000 in 1984. My wife and I saw an opportunity for ourselves…

Is there anything more satisfying than raising good kids?

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Now all of my children are married. My second son Josiah got married to Kaili recently. My oldest son Brian is married to Shelby and my daughter Sarah is married to Josh. And all are wonderful people. They love each other and they love the Lord. I started praying for my kids for their future…

What should you plant in your back yard garden in ‘22?

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For about the past dozen years or so, we have planted a garden in our back yard. We planted it mostly to learn how to grow fruits, vegetables and flowers. We didn’t plant because we needed to grow food to eat. The way things are going in this world, we may need to change that…

What Chinese coronavirus changes will be permanent?

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Are we back to normal in terms of the Chinese coronavirus infection? Not really. Life may never be exactly the same again. We have learned some lessons: We can’t trust government health officials like we used to. Just because a “scientist” declares a fact does not mean it will be a “fact” two weeks from…

Here is why Biden’s energy policy makes no sense at all

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On the surface, this doesn’t make sense. America has an energy crisis. Gas prices are at historic highs. The international market for oil and gas is tightening. Some of America’s worst enemies – Russia, Venezuela, Iran and others – are prospering due to the lessening of exploration and production in the United States. Eight percent…

My trusty Underwood typewriter was handy 50 years ago

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When I graduated from Hale High School in 1972, my brother Ben gave me a reconditioned Underwood typewriter as a graduation gift. While at Hale, I took one semester of typing (and one semester of drivers’ education). I actually got to be a good typist. I could do 40 words a minute with few errors….

Trip to Russia opened my eyes to problems that we now face

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The first time I stood on Russian soil was in 1997 when the Alaska Air flight I was on stopped to refuel somewhere in Siberia. I was on a long flight from Anchorage, Alaska, to the city of Blagoveshchensk in the Russian Far East (on the border of China). The plane was about half full…