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The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) has allowed two new state-tribal gaming compacts to take effect, a move that could result in greater competition in Oklahoma’s casino market and provide a higher share of gaming revenue to state government.
Read moreOne of the primary jobs of a community newspaper is to be a cheerleader.
Read moreBlack Lives Matter has taken the long dead communist Karl Marx as its mascot.
Read moreJill came up from Edmond a couple of weeks ago and we picked up lunch from The Grill and were on the way home when I almost wrecked the car.
Read moreInstitutional racism and systemic racism are terms bandied about these days without much clarity. Being 84 years of age, I have seen and lived through what might be called institutional racism or systemic racism. Both operate under the assumption that one race is superior to another. It involves the practice of treating a person or group of people differently based on their race. Negroes, as we proudly called ourselves back then, were denied entry to hotels, restaurants and other establishments all over the nation, including the North. Certain jobs were entirely off-limits to Negroes. What school a child attended was determined by his race. In motion pictures, Negroes were portrayed as being unintelligent, such as the roles played by Stepin Fetchit and Mantan Moreland in the Charlie Chan movies. Fortunately, those aspects of racism are a part of our history. By the way, Fetchit, whose real name was Lincoln Perry, was the first black actor to become a millionaire, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and, in 1976, the Hollywood chapter of the NAACP awarded Perry a Special NAACP Image Award.
Read morePolitical progressives who favor the expanded use of mail-in balloting have been telling the American people not to pay attention to that man on Twitter who sees a potential connection between their proposals and massive voter fraud.
Read moreI told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins.
Read moreToo often, colleges and universities around the country don’t provide transparent budgets. They aren’t accountable to policymakers and taxpayers.
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