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Fed funds awarded for county road fix

Kingfisher County Commissioner Districts 1 and 2 have been approved to receive $99,300.41 in federal emergency relief for damage to the Dover-Crescent Road.

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Great job, Chief Dennis Baker

Dennis Baker says he was in his early 20s when he joined the Kingfisher Police Department back in September of 1989.

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Schumer’s threat explains political divide

The deep political (and cultural) divide in America was explained last week when New York Sen. Charles Schumer, minority leader, threatened recently-seated Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

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Coronavirus: China launches major disinformation offensive

China’s state-run propaganda outlets are circulating false stories on the coronavirus situation in the United States in order to take the focus away from the origin of the outbreak and criticism of the communist regime’s handling of it in China, reports say.

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Minority opinion: Rights versus wishes

Sen. Bernie Sanders said: “I believe that health care is a right of all people.” He’s not alone in that contention. That claim comes from Democrats and Republicans and liberals and conservatives. It is not just a health care right that people claim. There are “rights” to decent housing, decent food, a decent job and prescription drugs. In a free and moral society, do people have these rights? Let’s begin by asking ourselves: What is a right?

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The science of reading and the art of teaching

[Ed. Note: Greg Forster (Ph.D., Yale University) is a Friedman Fellow with EdChoice. He has conducted numerous empirical studies on education issues, including school choice, accountability testing, graduation rates, student demographics, and special education. The author of nine books and the co-editor of six books, Forster has also written numerous articles in peer-reviewed academic journals, as well as in popular publications such as The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. His latest book is Economics: A Student’s Guide (Crossway, 2019).]

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THE GOLD STANDARD

Perhaps Lomega’s dominance of Class B girls basketball this season was best summed up by coach Kevin Lewallen’s reaction when one of his best players fouled out with 1:52 left - in the third quarter! - of the state championship game.

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