Haley Waffles on Texas Secession
She now says that Texas lacks the constitutional authority to secede from the Union, yet a week ago she said the state had...
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Joy Reid’s Comparison of Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler Is Demagoguery
It is a convenient propaganda technique to dismiss a political opponent by calling a person by a vile name, or by comparing them...
Arlington Monument Removal Part of America’s “Cultural Revolution”
The removal of the Reconciliation Monument at Arlington was part of an attempt to change America’s culture by erasing its history. ...
Propaganda Playbook for War
Today’s elites are beating the drums for war in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, but this propaganda is nothing new. ...
Minimum-wage Increase Petition Challenged in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Supreme Court is scheduled to begin hearing oral arguments on January 31 in a case brought by the Oklahoma Chamber of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...