HAARLEM, the Netherlands – These were the people we liberated during World War II, who enlisted in the Cold War, who agreed to welcome our bases, who embraced our movies and television shows, and who supported our fast-food establishments and business enterprises.
Recently I saw Congressman Frank Lucas in an interview with Oklahoma City television station KWTV. The topic was Fort Reno.Long before Lucas was elected to Congress in the early 1990s, the Cheyenne and Arapaho people argued Fort Reno rightfully belongs to them.
In the past week, as never before, President Donald Trump showed mastery of the legislative process. When his gargantuan tax bill was stalled, he went to Capitol Hill to deliver a double-barreled message. To the fiscal hawks, he said not to “mess around with Medicaid.
LONDON, England – Once, they loved us.Not everybody, of course.But many millions of people beyond our borders were grateful for our generosity, admired our creativity, envied our freedoms, shared our dreams and purchased our products.
Summer arrived suddenly. It was as if spring got shortchanged and we leapt from late winter into summer with nothing in between. I watched the gardeners wake with a start and begin tearing up their lawns and gardens with a fury, as if they had overslept and had to make up for lost time.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m a woman in my early 20s, just starting out in my career and trying to get my footing financially. My older sister, who’s in her late 20s, recently accepted a new job in Missouri and is planning to move soon, but she doesn’t have the money to make it happen.
Freedom, sweet freedom, comes with a price. That price unfortunately has been paid for many times over the years by many good men and women serving in the armed forces.Wars have been waged since the dawn of time. Good people have been lost in times of conflicted strife and even in times of peace.
An aggressive administration fires federal employees, changes geographical names and appoints a vaccine skeptic to high office. Opponents of the president challenge many of his initiatives in court. The executive branch defies court orders.