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Let’s play a little game, faithful readers. Pretend for a moment or two that you had become President of the United States of America and suddenly learned that after more than 60 years of Communist dictatorship, the people of Cuba had arisen in great numbers not only in Havana but in smaller cities and towns across the length of the largest island in the Caribbean. What if through the wonder of the internet, Americans at all levels were watching brave Cuban citizens marching through their streets carrying flags of their country and in many instances our beautiful Stars and Stripes as well?
Read more[Ed. Note: Rick Scott, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Florida. He serves on the Armed Forces Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Read moreA North Carolina congressman is proposing a series of amendments to every appropriations bill for fiscal year 2022 that would do away with 2,378 earmarks amounting to $3.85 billion in government spending.
Read moreWhen I’m not sitting on the edge of the divan unable to tear myself away from the TV while I watch the Olympic basketball, tennis or gymnastics, I’ve been playing Solitaire on my game pad.
Read moreAm I being tracked online? Even with the most sophisticated VPN, AdBlock and privacy browser extensions, the answer is still most likely: “Yes.”
Read moreTribal-government officials say they can handle the new responsibilities placed on them as the result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which effectively declared most of eastern Oklahoma to be the reservation land of the Muscogee, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole nations.
Read moreAt this point it is time for me to explain or apologize to my friends at the Kingfisher Times and Free Press. The Reids and Kingfisher Times and Free Press have been and continue to be as big of supporters of Kingfisher, myself, and this effort as I could possibly hope for. Those of you who know me, know that I have long been passionately involved in trying to better Kingfisher through Kingfisher Trails and Kingfisher Tree Board and the Reids have been a tremendous help. Barry Reid and his wife, Mary, are close personal friends of Liz and me. Both the newspaper and the Reids personally have been faithful and significant customers for Walter Building Center and the list for which I am indebted to them goes on. For goodness sake, I wouldn’t be writing this without Gary Reid’s personal encouragement and you would not be reading it if not for Kingfisher Times and Free Press’ willingness to print it. But I am sorry, I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t start out this effort in the Kingfisher paper.
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