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As I write this the Washington Redskins are going through very public agonizing spasms trying to come up with a new name that doesn’t offend anyone. One of the suggestions was The Washington Navajo Code Talkers, this despite the fact that Washington DC is 2,000 miles off the reservation. If Washington DC really wanted an appropriate name they’d call themselves the Washington Crooks, or the Washington Swindlers. By the time you read this the Redskins will have a new politically correct name and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the Washington BLM Muslim Socialists. After the Redskins change their name can the Atlanta Braves, Golden State Warriors, Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Indians be far behind?
Read moreThe 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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Shawna Stafford may never be on the set of a Hollywood production.
Read moreKingfisher Public Schools filled some vital positions and moved closer to beginning some new construction and major remodels in the district.
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Two local students have been selected for the American Farmers & Ranchers/ Oklahoma Farmers Union (AFR) Cooperative 2022- 2023 AFR Youth Advisory Council.
Read moreThirty-two Oklahoma hospitals and hospital specialty units have met a challenge from the Oklahoma Hospital Association to achieve a health care worker influenza vaccination rate of 96% or higher during the 2021-2022 flu season.
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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.
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