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Looking for a great Christmas gift? How about a book?

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Are you stuck for good ideas for Christmas gifts this year? Is there someone on your list who doesn’t need anything and won’t toss out any hints? A gift subscription to the Tulsa Beacon would be nice. A lot of folks do that. At the giver’s request, we will send a Christmas card (not a…

The month of December has become meaningful for many

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Now that the celebration of Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, we turn to some more serious observances in the month of December.  This began with the first Friday this year on December 7, Pearl Harbor Day. In my family, it has been nine years since my wife Anne was released…

Cohen the Goodhearted’s watchful eye is like some shepherds

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The other day, I went to help my son Caleb paint the inside of my previously owned home he just bought. I enjoy these tasks as they give us some quality time together. But this day, I was particularly excited because I got to hang out with Titus the Honorable and Cohen the Goodhearted. Cohen…

The Christmas party season can be an awful lot of fun

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It’s time for Christmas parties. I love this time of year. The weather is crisp, people are in good moods and it’s a good time to reflect on the past year. We usually go to a few Christmas parties. Several Sunday School groups at our church are going together for a party and that should…

What are our children being taught in the public schools?

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Just two weeks before the mid-term election day, on October 23, there was a mid-sized story, page width by 4.75 inches, which was buried within the obituary section of our daily news(?)paper with the headline: “U.S. report: Efforts to suck carbon from air must be ramped up.”  The headline makes one wonder if it really…

The Moore Family has the most beautiful ugly Christmas tree

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It has become a tradition in the Moore family to put up our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. For reasons unbeknownst to me, this duty has fallen my way. It always starts with a trek out to the backyard shed. Of course, all the Christmas stuff is stacked behind the lawn mower, the seed…

America must rebuild its crumbling infrastructure

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Recently, the world learned yet again that inadequate investment in infrastructure – roads, bridges, tunnels, and railways – can have tragic consequences. This time, those consequences befell the people of Genoa, Italy, where the collapse of a 51-year-old bridge killed 43 people.  Area residents had long expressed concern about the bridge’s structural integrity. For years,…

Dan Keating left his mark on America, Oklahoma, Tulsa

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I first met Dan Keating in 2004 when he was instrumental in raising funds for the first Senate campaign for former Sen. Tom Coburn. We met but we didn’t speak a lot. Not too much later, Dan asked me to join him for lunch. I didn’t know what to expect. I thought he might be…

As a Christian nation, we enjoy freedom of religion

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In normal times, six days after a general election the results are known and final. As this is written, it seems as though in at least two states the final, unchangeable results are now decided. These, as anyone interested in the outcomes would know, are Arizona and Florida. And there may be a few other…

Christmas music includes a wrap session

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A quick question: What kind of music do you listen to the week before Christmas? Wrap music. Enough of the Christmas puns. With our grandsons getting older, Christmas has taken on new life in the Moore home. Titus the Honorable is already anticipating presents, Christmas trees and family. Cohen the Goodhearted is just looking forward…