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Once upon a time, grim fairy tales were fun; it’s not always true today
Once upon a time several fierce dragons went nuts and devoured a bunch of people and buildings in the fairy-tale kingdom. Despite his robes and crown, the king realized that he might become the fl...
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Hollywood shocked as family films flourish
The surprise box-office boom for the cartoon “Despicable Me” is making it clear again to Hollywood this summer that family films are the most likely to be top-grossing films. “To...
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Thanks for the prayers
DURANT – Hello again, everyone! Let me begin this week’s column with thanks from my entire family for all the prayers being lifted up for my son, Jacob. As readers of the “Senate Minute” know, Ja...
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Chicken ovaries solve one puzzle; don’t help with immigration woes
Rest easy, America. We may or may not find a workable way to plug the British Petroleum oil spill, but British scientists have solved the riddle of the ages. It’s the chicken, doofus. The chicken ...
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New Industries create new jobs
DURANT – Hello again, everyone! Friday was one of the days you hope to have in public service. I was invited to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new business coming to our area. ...
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Into the horror show? Check it out, be afraid
E-mail from Illinois outlines the hole we’ve dug. One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events and asked what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer...
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EDITORIALS
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Big fan of Durant
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This weekend, my family — along with several dozen others from the Tulsa area and other parts of Oklahoma — traveled to Durant for the state little league baseball tournament. What hospitality w...
To the future commissioners of Bryan County
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Dear prospective commissioners, My name is Brian Carr and I'm a Deputy Sheriff for the Bryan County Sheriff's Department. I have been here for approximately a year. I came from an agency with a 14...
Problems with the system
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Visitation rights and other rights are being taken from our loved ones who are in Oklahoma State Prisons. Visitation has been cut in half and is being threatened to be totally terminated by next...
Sending out a ‘Thank You’
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My name is Shauna McCarter, I am an inmate at the Bryan County Jail. On July 10, 2010. A mystery person donated king size snickers bars and soda pop to the Bryan County Jail. This was not a cheap...
No reason for eye sores
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Upon recently relocating to the Lake Texoma area, it is a wonderful area to reside. There is an immense amount of positive attributes and offerings in this area. However, the gist of my letter is ...
Visitor impressed with local service
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The United Methodist Central Texas Conference Youth in Mission (CTCYM) was in town recently assisting families in need with painting, roofing, wheelchair ramps and the like. I was there with two bu...
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Expand educational opportunity, don’t restrict it
by Linda Chavez
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Remember the Obama administration’s promise to make higher education more accessible by expanding Pell grants and student loans to more students through the $787 billion stimulus? Apparently, the a...
Time for changes
by Jay Paul Gumm
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DURANT – Hello again, everyone! State government has entered a relatively slow period of the year. The previous fiscal year ended on June 30, and the new one – the funding for which comes from the...
When ROE means RIP, it’s past time for change in government thinking
by Harold Harmon
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Rules of engagement: High-sounding words that are sometimes needed, most times not. It’s pretty simple in battle. If the enemy is trying to shoot you, it would be better for you to shoot him or he...
Oliver’s ugly America
by L. Brent Bozell III
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Oliver Stone shocked many when his movie “World Trade Center” was released in 2006. It was a masterpiece, a meditation on two firemen trapped in a darkened tomb of broken concrete, twisted metal an...
Fairy tales can be sweet, but don’t bet on this one
by Harold Harmon
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The following e-mail has been edited a bit for length, but the whole truth has been left intact. Wouldn’t it be great to turn on the TV and hear any U.S. president — Democrat, Republican, cross-ey...
A feminism that spans from Palin to Pelosi
by Kathleen Parker
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Proving one's feminist bona fides has become the latest challenge for women aspiring to public office. Is she a "real" feminist who walks in lock step with traditional feminist orthodoxy? Or is sh...
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