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Daniel Gil is American Ninja Warrior’s ‘Kingdom Ninja’

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I recently got a call asking if I would join Daniel Gil at an event in San Antonio. I am a huge fan of Gil. If you’re not familiar with him, he is the reigning champion of the televised contest called American Ninja Warrior. He was on the show for six seasons before he overtook…

Did Thomas Jefferson really take scissors to the Bible?

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[Looking at why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] Did Thomas Jefferson really take scissors to the Bible? Jefferson was a strong advocate of Native American education. Jefferson’s programs to the southeast Nations, were to the people called ‘the Five Civilized Tribes,’ a generation later. Recall in a recent article, Jefferson supported…

People need to get the message about problems with MSG

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A couple of years ago, I walked into Zaxby’s restaurant on Mingo Road at 71st Street. I looked at the menu and asked the teenaged worker behind the counter if their chicken contained MSG. “What’s MSG?” she asked with a puzzled look. “It’s monosodium glutamate,” I said. “What’s that?” she replied. She was not dumb…

I am learning where I came from, I know where I will go

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My youngest grandson, River the Peacemaker, just turned 2 years old.  From the time he wakes up until he goes to sleep, he is wagging his little tongue as fast as he can. His speech brings a smile to this old man’s heart as he talks without a full set of words. “Where you go?!”…

You could not ask for a better Dad than Harley Biggs

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The older I get, the more I appreciate my late father, Harley U. Biggs, Sr. Dad was a three-sport athlete at Cherokee High School in the late 1930s. He starred in basketball, football and baseball – but his first love was baseball. He said he had an offer to play baseball at Oklahoma A&M (now…

Fond memories come from spending family time together

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While I was growing up, there were three great days in the life of young Walker. Christmas topped the list; my birthday came second (I think there was a theme going on here) and then the first day of summer vacation. Do you want to know what day made the bottom of my list? Valentine’s…

We are educating students to be thugs

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During the 2020 presidential debates, Joe Biden was asked a question about Antifa, who at that time was burning, looting, and hurting American citizens in several major cities. Biden shrugged off the question by replying that Antifa was really just “an idea, not an organization”.  Many Americans, mainly those on the right, expressed outrage at…

America must have freethinkers who hold to their values

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[Looking at why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] To build the framework for the original teachers and settler-leaders to the Indian Territory, we saw that President Thomas Jefferson was an avid supporter of church schools. That caused us to back up for a look at the foundations of the government. Many…

Oklahoma and South Dakota have many similarities

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MITCHELL, South Dakota – In  lot of ways, Oklahoma and South Dakota are very similar. Both states have more registered Republicans than Democrats. Forty-five percent of the registered voters in Oklahoma are Republican while that number is 53% in  South Dakota. Oklahoma has a conservative Republican governor and so does South Dakota. The GOP overwhelmingly…