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There’s nothing like a country church

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I grew up going to a small country church, Six Mile Baptist Church to be exact. I am not sure who said, “You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy,” but in some ways, that is true. Even though I have left the country…

A ‘decarbonized Earth’ would be a world devoid of life

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In their August 23 press release, “4 Major California cities commit to carbon-free buildings by 2050,” the Sierra Club proclaimed, “The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Santa Monica just announced their intent to join 15 other cities around the world and adopt a plan for zero-carbon buildings by 2050.” The World…

Cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs and maybe sweet potatoes

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Here’s a backyard garden update. First, the cucumber patch went crazy this year. We had a ton of cucumbers and Susan canned several jars of sweet and dill pickles. We had so many cucumbers that we had a hard time giving them to friends and neighbors. It was a wet summer and cucumbers thrive when…

God is an interpreter when we need it

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I have spent most of my career working overseas, engaging the lost. I have used hundreds of translators over the last 45 years to interpret as I preached the gospel. One day, I spoke to a group in China where seven different Chinese dialects were represented. Next to me stood seven different interpreters. As I…

Environmentalists buying energy stocks

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Some of America’s most prominent environmentalist groups are secretly investing in oil and natural gas, even as they publicly push groups to divest from fossil fuels. That’s the takeaway from an explosive new report from NBC. These organizations aren’t merely hypocritical — they’re actively harming the environment. By urging others to deprive energy firms of…

OU may be hard pressed to play better than last Saturday

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NORMAN – If what coaches always say is true and teams get their most improvement between their first and second games, UCLA is in big trouble in Norman Saturday. Oklahoma trounced Florida Atlantic 63-14 last Saturday in Norman and arguably looked better on defense and special teams and at least as good as last season…

It’s time for football at Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State

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Conventional wisdom says that Tulsa football will be better this season while Oklahoma and Oklahoma State may not be quite as good. Of course, TU would be hard-pressed to have a worse season than last year when they won two games. OU was one playoff overtime loss for playing for the national championship with a…

Try Anything and Fire Most Administrators

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You may have seen that on last Thursday the State School Board approved the application of the Sovereign Community Charter School.  This school will be in Oklahoma City and is the first of its kind in the United States.  Why? Because it may well really help Native American children in advancing their education.  The school…

Party officials should act to stop a RINO stampede

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Recently I have remarked about the annual Oklahoma Constitution report on the voting records of every member of the State Legislature and bewailed the  continuing collectively low conservative voting averages. On rummaging through some older papers, I found one titled “RINOing Republicans in Name Only” authored it showed by “Chuck Muth” in 2009. Mr. Muth…

A sample is not the same as an example

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My life has been drastically altered this week. Titus the Honorable has started kindergarten, which has brought our freewheeling, adventurous lifestyle to an abrupt halt. It was fun while it lasted. Titus now has to be in bed at 7:30 p.m. and is only available to hang out with Poppy on evenings or weekends. And…