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The first thing to remember about the reconciliation bill Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer agreed to Wednesday is that, despite its utterly preposterous name, it has absolutely zero to do with inflation. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is crammed with the very same spending, corporate welfare, price fixing and tax hikes that were part of Build Back Better – long-desired progressive wish-list agenda items. Pumping hundreds of billions into the economy will do nothing to alleviate inflation. The opposite.
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We lost Mike Johnson last Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Many people in this community knew him much better than I did, but I got to know Mike pretty well over the 39 years I’ve lived here. I would guess I visited with him at least once every two weeks or so over that time. Mike and his brother John, and now John’s son Jeff, who manage and operate Johnsons of Kingfisher, have grown to be much more than friends over the years and we have been very proud to call them such.
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In states across the country and nations across the globe, politicians’ embrace of a “Green New Deal” style of environmental policy has often been a comedy of errors. But the real-world results are no laughing matter.
Read moreDo not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. — James 1:22
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Hillsdale College (in Hillsdale, Mich.) online learning director Kyle Murnen made an interesting point in a recent letter to supporters.
Read moreState Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister recently suggested competitive-bidding requirements have been evaded for a program supported by Gov. Kevin Stitt.
Read moreI’ll give you a quick peek into OCPA staff meetings. While every member of the staff is conservative, there’s a spectrum. Some are more socially conservative, others more fiscally conservative, with all sorts of nuances.
Read moreWhen Sen. Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln faced off in a debate in Peoria, Illinois, in 1854, the issue tearing apart the nation was slavery.
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