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A year before Roe vs. Wade

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A year before Roe vs. Wade

Saturday, March 12, 2022

As her father, I too loved Susan and will remember as long as I have a memory the day we picked her up at Hope Cottage in Dallas a day or two after she turned two months old.

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 50 YEARS AGO

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CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 50 YEARS AGO

Saturday, March 12, 2022

30 YEARS AGOClinton’s Chalisto Club met for its regular meeting in the home of Erma Smith. After prayer and business had been discussed, the group spent the afternoon playing Rook.

Half of senate bills die in committee

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Half of senate bills die in committee

Friday, March 11, 2022

We’ve officially surpassed our first deadline of the legislative session.

Shifting with the political wind

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Shifting with the political wind

Thursday, March 10, 2022

As I write, a 40-mile-long convoy of Russian "peacekeepers" – i.e., tanks, armored personnel carriers and mobile artillery – was approaching Kyiv with the clear intent of bludgeoning the Ukrainian people into surrender. The dead-eyed little killer in the Kremlin is too fearful to back down.

The value of studying history

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The value of studying history

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

We have just heard the president's State of the Union address. It was delivered in a fraught time by a man freighted with responsibility. He hit the right notes and struck the right tone.

We are all witnesses

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We are all witnesses

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Many are calling Russia's invasion of Ukraine the TikTok “ war," reports CNN.New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman announces, "Welcome to World War Wired – the first war in a totally interconnected world.

Okla., U.S. owe a lot to Sen. Inhofe

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Okla., U.S. owe a lot to Sen. Inhofe

Saturday, March 5, 2022

I was surprised but not shocked when U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe announced he would be ending his more than 35-year career representing our Oklahoma values in the nation’s Capitol. The first time I met Inhofe was in my office at the Sand Springs Leader in 1989 while he was serving in the U.S.

Has Biden’s presidency changed?

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Has Biden’s presidency changed?

Friday, March 4, 2022

Russia's war on Ukraine comes at a moment of political weakness for President Joe Biden.

Diet rich in fatty fish good for cognitive function

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Diet rich in fatty fish good for cognitive function

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Dear Doctors: Our grandfather is having memory problems, and my mom is trying to get him to eat more fish. I know fish is called "brain food," but my mom says she has heard on the news that fish keeps you from getting dementia. Is this true? What about fish and mercury?

Parent wants adult daughter to forget about the past

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Parent wants adult daughter to forget about the past

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

DEAR HARRIETTE: My grown daughter keeps bringing up the fact that I wasn't in her life as a child. This is really frustrating to me because I'm here now, and when I wasn't there, my parents were.