Kingfisher Oklahoma

If I were black – and as our late friend Ted Buswell remarked, “If we go back nine generations we’re kin to everyone in the world,” I would be incensed that politicians claimed I was unable to make it on my own.

Institutional 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.

Everyone around here has heard of The Colonel’s chicken, Eischen’s chicken, Rooster’s chicken, Golden Chick’s chicken, and I served up Easy Stop’s chicken for dinner back in the ‘80s.

Is it better to achieve results or generate more “jobs” without achieving one’s goals? Are private businesses more results-focused than government bureaucracies?

On May 19, 35 Republicans (see list below) voted in favor of the Democrats’ partisan commission to “investigate” the events of Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. Those Republicans “all deserve a RINO-plasty — that’s my new catch phrase for being primaried and kicked out of Republican politics.

Okarche High School’s play placed third recently in the OSSAA’s one-act play contest for the 2020-21 school year. Cherokee was named state champion with Alva being selected state runner-up.

Instead of going out for 2021-22 solid waste service bids, Hennessey’s town board voted last Thursday morning for the mayor and administrator to negotiate “portions” of the contract with the current provider, Waste Connections Inc.

Dover School has announced its junior high and high school honor rolls for the second semester of 2020-21. Students on the Superintendent’s Honor Roll made all A’s while those on the Principal’s Honor Roll made no grade worse than a B.

[Ed. Note: Garrison, Ph.D., is president of Counterpoint Institute for policy, research, and education and a policy fellow at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government.

If you missed Hennessey’s first Barn Quilt Block Workshop you won’t want to miss out on the one this year, said the event’s chairman. The workshop is Saturday, June 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wellness Mercantile on Hennessey’s Main Street.