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Last debate exposes Biden’s real agenda

President Trump forced Joe Biden to expose some of his real agenda if he (Biden) should be elected in the final presidential debate Thursday.

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Daddy, lemon meringue pie and baseball

Saturday night a friend, and a brother from another mother, reminded me that it was almost un-American if you didn’t watch the World Series years ago. That was while we exchanged blow-byblow texts during the fourth game when the LA Dodgers came undone in the ninth inning and made it 2-2 with the Tamapa Bay Rays.

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Is getting Trump worth it?

President Donald Trump is not the first president to be hated by a large segment of the American population. In more recent times, there was considerable hate for President Ronald Reagan. Even though the Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill and Reagan were polar opposites in their politics, they could be friends. Once, when Reagan confronted O’Neill about nasty things that he said about him in a newspaper, O’Neill replied, “That’s just politics, after 6 o’clock we’re buddies -- we’re friends.” Politics today has become something not seen in our history. The true tragedy is that many Americans have bought into the hate, destructiveness and plain nastiness and are seemingly ignorant or uncaring about its longterm consequences for our nation.

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Unemployment fund drained by pandemic

An unprecedented surge in unemployment claims caused by this year’s COVID-19 shutdown, combined with major fraud, has drained Oklahoma’s unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund and requires an increase in associated taxes on employers, the head of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) told lawmakers Tuesday.

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Info, tips offered ahead of next week’s election

Voters will go to the polls next Tuesday, Nov. 3, for what will be a very full ballot.

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FFA officers attend COLT conference

Officers of the local FFA chapters participated Sept. 29 in the 2020 Oklahoma FFA Chapter Officer Leadership Training (COLT) Conference at the Stride Bank Center in Enid.

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Beef packer consolidation will be topic of discussion at forum slated in El Reno

The consolidation of packing plants in the beef industry will be the topic of discussion in El Reno when the newly-formed Oklahoma Rural and Small-Town Table of Common Interests, in partnership with National Farmers Union (NFU) and American Farmers & Ranchers/Oklahoma Farmers Union Cooperative (AFR/OFU Cooperative) hosts its first issues forum.

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