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Guest AuthorFebruary 28, 2016

The GOP candidates are now sprinting to Super Tuesday. Donald Trump has the momentum from victories in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. However, this is a big contest and no primary should be taken for granted. Trump also has the advantage of holding good polling numbers going into Tuesday’s elections. The Super Tuesday voting […]

Marc YachtAugust 4, 2015

The pro-life proponents continue their efforts at fever pitch. Their success continues to chip away laws designed to protect the right of choice. The battle typically sets religious conservatives against women’s rights advocates. Although the violent nature of the anti-abortion crowd has settled for protests and not killings of late, the confrontations at women’s clinics […]

Associated PressJune 30, 2015

Oklahoma and Florida moved quickly to resume lethal injections after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of midazolam, a sedative that has been used in several problematic executions. Attorneys general in both states asked courts Monday to allow executions to proceed, just hours after the high court voted 5-4 in a case from Oklahoma […]

Staff ReportsJune 19, 2015

AARP is asking the state Supreme Court to stop Florida Power & Light Inc. from investing in speculative natural gas production in Oklahoma, and to direct the state Public Service Commission to reconsider its approval for the plan. “For the first time, Florida utility regulators have required our state’s consumers to pay millions, in advance, for an […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 28, 2014

I’ve lived in Central Florida for more than 15 years and in that time I’ve seen quite a few serious weather events affect our community. Though the hurricane season starts in the summer, around here we tend to become especially aware of the storm possibilities in the early fall, when more tropical activity spins up […]

Guest AuthorMay 6, 2014

The moral issues surrounding death-penalty methodology that were portrayed so well in Stephen King’s “The Green Mile” were revisited by Americans last week after Oklahoma authorities miserably failed to execute a killer by injection. In what was termed a “botched” procedure, Clayton Lockett was pumped full of “experimental” drugs, a concoction of sedatives that failed […]

Darryl PaulsonNovember 19, 2013

Second of a four-part series on political humor It’s no wonder that politics and politicians are held in such low esteem. Consider some of these absurd statements made by state legislators and members of Congress. A member of Congress was quoted as saying: “We’re going to wrestle to the ground this gigantic orgasm that is […]

Tag: Oklahoma

Tim Bryce: What to expect from the GOP on Super Tuesday

Marc Yacht: Pro-life, pro-choice combine to create lightning-rod issue

Florida, Oklahoma move quickly to resume lethal injections

AARP Florida calls to overturn FPL approval for natural gas speculation in Oklahoma

Melody Bowdon: Weathering the storm surge of social media

Steve Kurlander: Crime and true punishment: A botched execution or real justice?

Darryl Paulson: Looney Laws and Stupid Political Statements