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Charles Biggs

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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…

Visiting Canada is off my ‘to do’ list – at least for now

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I have never set foot in Canada. The closest I have ever been was in Alaska or maybe Seattle, Washington. I have always wanted to visit Canada. My favorite Spanish teacher, Mrs. Ford, at Bell Junior High School always said that Americans should learn either French or Spanish to better understand Canada (they speak French…

It snows in here Tulsa but not often and not a whole lot

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According to the National Weather Service, the big snowstorm Tulsa has in 2011 was the second biggest on record behind 1958. We had 22.5 inches of snow in February of 2011. That’s a lot. Tulsa has 29.6 inches of snow in the year 1958. We had 10 inches of snow in February of 2021 and…

Why would my wife put up with me for 39-plus years?

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On July 10, 2022, my wife Susan and I will celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. I am very proud of that. My late father-in-law the Rev. George Campbell and my mother-in-law Martha Campbell were married for more than 60 years. I grew up in a home with a Dad but no Mom because she passed…

Vote for Tim Harris for Tulsa School Board Feb. 8th

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If you want to improve public education in Tulsa, vote for Tim Harris in District 7 of the Tulsa School District on February 8. Most people know him from his long tenure as Tulsa County District Attorney. He retired but he didn’t retire from wanting to serve the public. Harris has taught law at Oral…

Now is not a good time to make a Tulsa hospital visit

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On January 13, I spent 12 hours in the waiting room of a Tulsa hospital’s emergency room. Several days prior to January 13, I was sick. I thought I had the flu because someone in my family had it and I was having similar symptoms. I asked Jeff Brucculeri to fill in for my on…

The Chinese virus has taught us who we cannot trust

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After two years of battling the Chinese coronavirus, what have we learned? As of January 11, there have been 769,662 confirmed cases in Oklahoma with an estimated 12,666 deaths. There’s overwhelming evidence that the virus came from a Wuhan, China, lab and was engineered via gain-of-function research and was financed by American funding. If you…

Beacon lineup of syndicated columnists keeps changing

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When we started the Tulsa Beacon in 2001, we wanted our editorial pages to have conservative columnists. We went to Creators Syndicate and picked out four columnists: David Limbaugh, Robert Novak, Mona Charen and Walter Williams. Former Gov. Frank Keating back then told me that if he were to pick a set of columnists, he…