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I am still praying for my new mysterious friend on the asphalt

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I had just come home from a funeral. I was upstairs changing clothes when I looked out of our second-story bedroom window to the street below. There, I saw a man kneeling alone in the road, hands folded, head bowed as if he were praying. Normally when I see a need, I move toward it,…

They got a lot done without any hierarchal government

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[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] We are continuing to pursue the first people in our area from pre-historic time. Nevertheless, archaeologists have developed a significant record from artifacts. History is not static. Road trip – some of our favorite words in researching the history of our region. Nothing beats sneakers…

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…

Sometimes it is easy to tell when something is just not right

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Too often, I look at something and the first thought that comes to mind is … that’s not right. I don’t know why, but I shake my head from side to side whenever that thought reaches my consciousness. Not long ago, a friend sent me a picture from a store that features souvenirs from the…

Are there links among Watson Brake, Babel, Poverty Point?

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[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] We are continuing to pursue the first people in our area from pre-historic time. Nevertheless, archaeologists have developed a significant record from artifacts. History is not static. When we were taking Louisiana History, no one had heard of Poverty Point or Watson Brake. In a…

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…

So much for me winning the ‘grandad of the year’ award

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I am usually the greatest grandpa who ever walked this earth — or at least I like to think of myself in those terms. But sometimes even the GOAT (in this case, the Grandpa Of All Time) has an off day. Titus the Honorable came to spend the weekend with us. I picked him up…

Ottawa’s story is a cautionary tale of science being ignored

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Politicians leading the City of Ottawa have fallen hook, line and sinker for climate alarmism and, as a consequence, Canada’s national capital is on the verge of a deadly self-induced crisis. This is being brought on by their obsession with “stopping climate change,” prioritizing it over real world environmental, health, economic and energy supply concerns….

We have lost knowledge from our ancestral beginnings

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[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] We are continuing to pursue the first people in our area from pre-historic time. Pre-history simply means before a written history. Nevertheless, archaeologists have developed a significant record from artifacts. History is not static. We have followed the parallel development of the American Indian culture…

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…