In early September, the U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against two employees of RT (formerly Russia Today), alleging that the state media outlet “orchestrated a massive scheme to influence the American public by secretly planting and financing a content creation company on U.S. soil.”
Why do you have an aversion to certain people? Even if you are a saint, not everyone will be in harmony with you. There are various reasons why you may dislike a particular person.
It may be because someone dislikes you, treats you rudely, disagrees with you, takes advantage of you, is inconsiderate, has different opinions, is mean, acts unfriendly, is manipulative, is deceitful, or is malicious. Although the causes are virtually limitless, the effects are typically the same: stress and anxiety.
As Democrats whooped it up at their somewhat vestigial (they had already nominated Kamala Harris for president in a “virtual vote”) national convention in Chicago, they seem relatively enthused by her economic platform -- far more enthused than American consumers will be with its results if implemented.
Two features in particular stand out for their combination of economic ignorance, likely disastrous results and, unfortunately, political popularity.
First, Harris proposes a federal ban on “price gouging” by sellers of food and groceries.
The Republican National Convention has concluded as has the Democratic National Convention. These two events are more than a showcase for each party’s presidential candidates, however. They are also a reminder of why policy and political parties matter to voters.
For Oklahomans, one major issue is how each party will treat the oil and gas industry, which remains the foundation of our state’s economy.
On July 9, Attorney General Gentner Drummond sent a letter to Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters chastising the superintendent for failing to comply with the Open Records Act.
As careful as you may be, you will make mistakes. Although it’s not possible to live mistake-free, there are effective strategies you can use to recover from your mistakes.
Let’s start by considering basic causes of mistakes. You are impatient and act too quickly. You lack knowledge or expertise. You don’t have enough information to make a sound decision. You make a decision based on wrong information.
Regardless of the cause, you need to recover from your mistakes. Once you have recovered, you can identify and address the cause.
In the wake of the July 13 assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, Chaya Raichik - better known as “LibsOfTikTok” on X, aka Twitter - got to work.
Her job description, as she saw it, broke down into three parts:
First, identify people commenting on the attack in ways she deemed inappropriate.
Second, identify the employers of those who were deemed offensive.
Third, try to get them fired.
Who runs the country?
I’ve been hearing variants of that question a lot over the last few weeks, mainly in forms like - “Given Joe Biden's age and apparent mental decline, can we trust him to run the country for another four years?”
For the last eight or nine years, I’ve also heard it a lot, in slightly different forms, about Donald Trump.
Jeremy Emmett Snelling a/k/a Miss Emma, 50, of West Burlington, Iowa, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2024, at his home.
Born Oct. 7, 1973, in El Reno, he was the son of Jay Snelling and Glenda Mosher.
Emmett a/k/a Miss Emma had a heart of gold and will be remembered for his outgoing and most often outspoken, bubbly and boisterous personality. He was very spirited and loud and most often slightly out of control, which led to his many notorious stories.
In case anyone wondered whether the Oklahoma Supreme Court would turn over a new leaf in 2024 and begin interpreting the law as written — as opposed to legislating from the bench — it dispelled that notion with its first case of the year. In Stricklen v. Multiple Injury Trust Fund, the Court was asked to decide whether a section of law from the 2013 workers’ compensation reform was a “special law.” You can’t blame the Petitioner for trying.
