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New Green Deal Democrats are looking for a piggy bank

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Washington governor and Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee plans to make climate change the primary focus of his campaign. When asked if transitioning to all renewable energy would require raising taxes, Inslee replied “not necessarily.” He claims one source of funding is to “remove the giant subsidies from the oil and gas companies.” The oil…

Democrat hopefuls racing to get as far left as possible

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Just when you thought national politics couldn’t get any worse, it does. The Democrat debates are a series of desperate candidates trying to outdo each other in making promises that they can’t keep. They are overtly trying to buy votes and the sad fact is – it might just work. One Democrat wants the federal…

Gov. Kevin Stitt is right to ban the outside political consultants

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On July 6, there appeared in the daily newspaper a story, on Page A-9, carrying the headline: “Stitt bars state agencies from hiring lobbyists.” Credit was given to Keaton Ross of The Oklahoman.  As an explanation for the location, the Tulsa World now, they reported, is doing the printing for the Oklahoma City paper and…

Some of the best gifts in our lives just happen to be free

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When my boys were young, I had to travel on many occasions to preach or teach. While I was away, I wanted them to know that even though we weren’t close in distance, they were on my mind. Now, these were the days before we had cell phones, Internet and FaceTime. It would seem like…

Without fossil fuels, American goes back to the 19th Century

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Listening to climate change activists, one gets the impression that we could transition to a fossil fuel-free world in the near future. Besides the virtual impossibility of quickly moving away from coal, oil and natural gas, the source of 85% of global primary energy, we need to ask, do we really want to do this?…

Corn Palace

Stop by the Corn Palace on a road trip to Mitchell, S.D.

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MITCHELL, South Dakota – Corn is king in this part of the Midwest. Driving through Central Kansas and Central Nebraska in the summer provides a graphic panorama of the importance of corn and the magnitude of this golden treasure. The City of Mitchell is home to the Corn Palace, billed as “The World’s Only Corn…

What happened to those theaters Tulsa used to have?

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When I was a kid growing up in Tulsa, going to a movie was a big deal. I grew up near McClure Park (11th street and Memorial Drive) and we were close to the Admiral Twin Drive-in. The park and the drive-in are still there. When the Crosstown Expressway (I-244) was built, we were afraid…

There are some advantages to the new law on state care tags

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It seems that the Oklahoma Legislature, during the 2018 session, enacted a new law regarding the license plates required on all motor vehicles, and possibly some trailers. The story announced that the effective date is July 1.  That seems strange to me since most laws take effect on November 1 of the year passed.  There…

A ‘Flat Jesus’ won’t ever satisfy you

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This is the first summer in 40-plus years that I am not leading teams and serving on the mission field. I have to be honest; it is hard to watch the reports coming in of what God is doing through our teams while sitting in a recliner. I have always been a participant and not…

Computer models, hypotheses on climate aren’t trustworthy

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Scientists, politicians and activists have long insisted that the United States and world must end fossil fuel use to prevent dangerous manmade global warming, climate change and extreme weather disasters. They say “the science is settled” and the time to act is now. Many other experts have pointed out that these dire threats are the…