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Halloween brings out movies with violence, occultism

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When I was a kid, Batman was a TV show and one of his villains, The Joker, was played by actor Cesar Romero. He was a clown who loved to play jokes on people and who got into a little bit of mischief. The Joker never really hurt anyone physically and he was always thwarted…

What kind of last comments did atheists make at death?

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As America and the world experiences the suffering and death from the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, some of the saddest quotes you could ever read are historic last words of infamous atheists. Some are defiant as they shake their fist at God one final time and some are distraught, realizing that they are about to face…

George Campbell with his grandson Brian Biggs at the National Senior Olympics in Syracuse, New York.

The Rev. George Campbell was the best father-in-law ever

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The Rev. George Campbell was the best father-in-law a guy could ever have. He passed away September 28. He was 89. In the fall of 1981, I fell in love with his daughter Susan. I was determined to marry this sweet young lady. For Christmas, Susan planned to go home to her folks in Concord,…

Living in a house means tackling project after project

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We bought our home in 1997 when our kids were mostly little and when house prices were a lot lower than today. It was a fixer-upper. An elderly couple had previously owned our house, which was built in 1967. They had taken pretty good care of it but they really had not updated anything. The…

I drove 1,200-plus miles in 30 hours through six states

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I drove 1,200 miles in 30 hours on a recent trip to South Dakota. Why would I do such a thing? My wife Susan was in Mitchell, South Dakota, visiting our daughter, son-in-law and two grandkids. She flew into Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on a Thursday and had booked a return flight to Tulsa the…

OSU’s Bryson Green catches a pass while Tyson Davis of Tulsa defends during Saturday’s game in Stillwater.

OSU heads to Boise St. after TU win

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STILLWATER – Tulsa made Oklahoma State sweat for more most of the game in Stillwater but in the last few minutes, the Cowboys held on for a hard-earned 28-23 victory. OSU (2-0) managed only seven points in the first three quarters but a 21-point run in the fourth quarter sealed the deal. Tulsa (0-2) and…

After 911, life changed permanently in the United States

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I was at my desk 20 years ago when Islamic terrorists attacked America. I vividly remember the sequence of events. An airplane struck one of the Twin Towers. At first, we thought it might be a horrible accident. At that time, our office was in a building across from our home. I rushed home and…

Going to college has changed dramatically in 48 years

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Forty-eight years ago, I packed up my 1967 Ford Custom with all my earthly possessions and headed off to college. I actually started to go to college in the fall of 1972 at Tulsa Junior College, which is now Tulsa Community College. I lived at home with my Dad during my freshman year at TCC….

Weber, Kingsford and KitchenAid make pretty good grills

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When we got married in 1982, one of the wedding gifts we got was a Weber 22-inch kettle charcoal grill. I really liked that grill. Previously, when I was single and living in an apartment, I had an hibachi grill. It was small but it was a good size for cooking for myself and my…

Sooner roadtrips will be more complicated in the SEC

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Fans who like to travel to Oklahoma football away games are going to pay higher prices when the Sooners eventually join the Southeastern Conference. And that will hold true for all of the other “minor’ sports. In the Big 12, the closest conference member to OU is OSU in Stillwater  and that is only 85…