U.S. Intervention in Yemen and Its Consequences
The civil war in Yemen, in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, after years of U.S. support for one side in the conflict, is threatening to become a...
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Biden’s Latest Loan Forgiveness Plan Wrong for Several Reasons
Despite the ruling of the Supreme Court that Biden had exceeded his constitutional authority with his student loan forgiveness program, he is not only circumventing that ruling with a...
South African Hypocrisy in Accusations of Genocide Against Israel
If genocide can be defined as the “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group,” then South Africa’s increasingly hostile actions against...
Georgia Ballot Case Opens With 2024 Ramifications
A federal trial opened Tuesday in Atlanta that could lead to not only Georgia replacing voting machines with paper ballots, but other states doing the same as well —...
Reconciliation Monument Removed at Arlington
In a powerful statement against the idea of “reconciliation,” the federal government removed the monument to Confederate war dead on Wednesday. The monument, with no official name, has been...
Legislation Introduced to Designate Tulsa’s Greenwood District a National Monument as Site of 1921 Race Riot
In 1921, Greenwood saw about 35 blocks of homes and businesses destroyed in a race riot that evolved into a race war, and finally into a massacre. It is...
250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
Today marks the 250th anniversary of the “Boston Tea Party,” when 342 chests — with nearly 100,000 pounds of tea — were dumped by the Sons of Liberty off...
Critics Assail Okla. Governor’s Order Against Discrimination in Universities
Progressive legislators from the cities of Oklahoma’s two premier universities condemned Gov. Kevin Stitt’s executive order curtailing the use of DEI in higher education. ...
Santa Claus in America
The modern image of Santa Claus — which has in many ways taken the place of the true meaning of Christmas in pop culture — was established in the...
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Open Primaries Touted as Way to Promote “Moderate” Republicans
A recent fundraiser in Oklahoma illustrates that the goal of opening political party primaries to non-members of the party is to move Republican officeholders more to the left —...
“No Labels” Is No Centrist Group
With the announcement last week that Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) is not running for reelection, it is now obvious that “No Labels” and similar groups other groups such as...
Who Killed Kennedy?
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy has given rise to numerous theories and speculations as alternatives to the mainstream narrative. Here we examine some of them. ...
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Germany’s Hyperinflation of 1923
The Germans experienced terrible hyperinflation that paved the way for the rise of the Nazis. We should view this as a cautionary tale. ...
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Republicans Debate Each Other and “Moderators”
The moderators from Fox Business appeared to believe their job was to represent the Democratic Party. ...
Political Lawfare
The Biden administration’s legal attacks against political opponents — particularly Donald Trump — are not unprecedented in U.S. history. ...
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