BY KAREN WEBB
Here in Oklahoma, the favorite mantra is “we are not politically motivated,” but they are religiously motivated. They are trying to save us from ourselves whether we like it or not.
Right now, the GOP primary to fill Rep. Mary Fallin’s 5th Congressional District seat is a good example. It is a Christian stand-off. [...]
BY EDWIN E. VINEYARD
How often have we begun an oral comment with those words: “There ought to be a law …?” When we view a political commercial, does it ever evoke that comment? When we observe political pundits peddling their gab on the television tube, do we ever propose that there ought to be a [...]
Why Global Warming Is Real and What We Can Do About It.
BY MORTON S. SKORODIN
“You can’t fool physics!” So said my physics teacher many years ago. Let’s use this principle to test global warming ideas.
Before we get started, thank you for returning for another episode of the science and politics of global warming.
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BY WALTER JENNY
There’s a lot of frustration out there about the slow pace of economic recovery. Unemployment remains high, people are unemployed longer than ever before – and if there’s one thing we can’t afford, it’s for people to be out of work. The few available jobs pay lower wages than workers earned in the [...]
BY JAMES NIMMO
From the smallest crossroads, one-stop-light town to the largest state in the American union, religion has stood in the municipal-legislative door to stop the recognition of gay/lesbian civil rights.
Ten countries now recognize and support same-gender marriage. They are Argentina, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and South Africa, according to the [...]
Observer contributor Richard L. Fricker is traveling the heartland, discovering what’s on the minds of Americans in advance of the mid-term elections.
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