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SEA OF ORANGE

Hennessey Public Library’s Friends of the Library have pumpkins galore available to purchase at their annual pumpkin patch on the library lawn. From left are FOL members Ann Taylor and Kendal and Christopher Choate working on the setup Monday afternoon. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photo by Barb Walter]

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‘White supremacists’ all important to left

The big take-away from the first debate (for the left) was that President Trump didn’t condemn white supremacists – at least not enough to assuage the feelings of the left.

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Medicaid expansion passed; now we must pay for it

The June passage of Medicaid expansion means up to 628,000 able-bodied Oklahomans could be added to the medical-welfare program. And that creates a new challenge for state policymakers: How can they pay for expansion, particularly at a time of economic challenge?

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A MINORITY OPINION: Saving Free Speech

The violence, looting and mayhem that this nation has seen over the last several months has much of its roots in academia, where leftist faculty teach immature young people all manner of nonsense that contradicts commonsense and the principles of liberty. Chief among their lessons is a need to attack free speech in the form of prohibitions against so-called hate speech and microaggressions. Here are examples of microaggressions: “You are a credit to your race.” “Wow! How did you become so good in math?” “There is only one race, the human race.” “I’m not racist. I have several black friends.” “As a woman, I know what you go through as a racial minority.”

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Protecting First Amendment rights to free speech and religious freedom

[Ed. Note: This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made by the Trump administration over the past four years.]

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Deception...Bamboozle ...Tell A Big Windy ...Forgot To Remember ...Which Is It Joe?

Deception: an act or statement which misleads, hides the truth, or promotes a belief, concept, or idea that is not true. It is often done for personal gain or advantage. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, slight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage or concealment.

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Bible verse

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. — 2 Corinthians 10:5

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