‘Oklahoma!’ is total team effort

It’s always a big deal to put on a production the magnitude of “Oklahoma!” in a place like Clinton. Everyone involved deserves a tremendous amount of credit for bringing the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic to life.

Are GOP doomers overreacting?

This has been the week that a deep sense of pessimism about the upcoming midterm elections set in among Republicans around the country.

Rock-opera take on C.S. Lewis classic

During a fistfight, a young David Bowie suffered an injury to his left eye, leaving its pupil permanently wide open, with one blue eye looking radically different than the other.Bowie didn’t have heterochromia – different-colored irises.

Antidrone technology is promising tool

Mexican drug cartels have been using drones to survey the U.S.-Mexico border to find the best routes for their illegal operations. But a promising antidrone technology is putting them on notice. Powerful laser beams are bringing them down.This is a positive development in the U.S.

Hispanic heritage is appreciated

By the time readers have reached this page in today’s newspaper, it is hoped one commonality has been understood – this is a united community.

Trump, economic news, midterm elections

Did you know that recently released Census Bureau statistics show the poverty rate in the United States fell to a record low in 2025? That’s an extraordinary development, but it has so far not attracted a lot of media coverage and discussion.

More adults are seeking baptism

Back in the Southern Baptist Convention’s boom years, from the 1960s to 2010, the experts charting baptism statistics divided “children” into three groups – starting with those under age 6.

A posthumous critique for liberals

Barney Frank, the irascible but indispensable liberal lawmaker from Massachusetts who died this spring, was never known as a man of few words.

There’s somthing about ‘Oklahoma!’

It’s always appropriate that “Oklahoma!” includes an exclamation point at the end of its title. That particular piece of punctuation portrays a portion of pride for those in the Sooner State.

Trump, inflation and the midterms

Last week, the Commerce Department released inflation figures for August, and what they showed was ... more of the same. The year-over-year inflation rate last month was 3.4%, a rate unchanged from July, and one many analysts call “stubbornly high.