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Climate lobby blames record cold spell on global warming?

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What do heat waves, floods, droughts, rising sea level, forest fires, hurricanes, African wars, mass extinctions, disease outbreaks, and migration from South America and the Middle East have in common? They are all, according to climate activists, caused by man-made global warming. And this, in turn, is supposedly caused by rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels…

Be careful about giving unusual Valentine’s Day gifts

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For almost 37 years, for Valentines Day I have: Bought my wife red roses. Purchased a romantic Hallmark card. Given her a box of chocolate candy. Taken her out to eat at a nice restaurant. That’s pretty much my plan for 2019 and years beyond. But these days, there are some clever options for Valentines…

Charity hospitals could assist with unplanned pregnancies

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By a strange quirk of fate, the subject in my last column was brought home to me the morning of February 4 during the Pat Campbell radio show on KFAQ during his interview with freshman First District U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma.  During the course of the interview, the subject turned to budget circumstances and…

Graddad taught a lesson with a piglet

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I was very fortunate to have a grandfather who believed in teaching me about money. As far back as I can remember, he was talking about tithing, investments and savings. Granddad was a hog farmer, and one day, he came to me and asked if I wanted to go into business with him. I was…

After 50 years of work, I finally signed up for Medicare

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After turning 65 in November, I recently signed up for Medicare. At first, I didn’t want to. I was perfectly satisfied with using Samaritan Ministries. It is not an insurance program but rather Christian organization that shares expenses. It works very well and we have saved thousands of dollars in monthly costs and medical costs…

Medical information should be available in sealed papers

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In going through some older clippings recently, one from the daily paper dated last October 14 surfaced with a headline that read: “DNA data can identify those who never tested.” Credit was given to Kristen V. Brown of Bloomberg, which immediately turns on a mental yellow light because of the displayed Communist/Fascist/Socialist words and actions…

True character is a condition of the heart, not an award

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“And the award goes to …” Earlier today, I attended my second assembly at Titus the Honorable’s school. The first one was exciting; it was his Christmas program, and halfway through, a kid on the front row threw up. The Christmas miracle was that in an auditorium packed with people, no one else followed suit….

Watching a Super Bowl can become a bit complicated

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These days, I watch the Super Bowl more for the commercials than for the game itself. Some of them are pretty funny and very creative. Lately, though, some are way too political for my taste. I used to be a Dallas Cowboy fan but my interest has waned. The Cowboys did win a playoff game…

Uninsured driver problem is linked to illegal immigration

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Late in the year 2018, it was announced here in Oklahoma that one of the state agencies had contracted with an out-of-state company to install cameras in the highway and street system to photograph license plates of all vehicles to compare with records to see if the vehicle was actually insured.  Any found to not…

Life was safer when Apples and Blackberries were just pies

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Life was much easier when Apple and Blackberry were only pies. I was training a group of adults whose job is to mentor parents. One of the subjects in which they wanted more training was how to help parents manage their children’s cell phones. Cell phones are being given to children at younger and younger…