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Oklahoma’s Judicial ‘Peeping Tom’

Arnold Hamilton - September 20, 2012 0

BY JAMES NIMMO Earlier this month, Oklahoma County District Judge Bill Graves denied a petition from a plaintiff who was requesting a new name. Judge Graves...

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When Blue-Collar Whites Turned Republican

Arnold Hamilton - September 20, 2012 0

BY FROMA HARROP Liberals strain to understand why so many blue-collar whites have made their home in the Republican Party. Yes, the GOP better connects with this group on social and lifestyle levels. Still, with working people under so much economic strain these days, it seems odd that they’d let a culture war centered on […]

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Our Disgraceful Minimum Wage

Arnold Hamilton - September 19, 2012 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER In natural terms, our economy is a giant sequoia. Unfortunately, our present corporate and governmental leadership can’t seem to grasp one of the basic laws of nature: You can’t keep a mighty tree alive [much less have it thrive] by only spritzing the fine leaves at the tippy-top. The fate of the […]

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The 47 Percent

Arnold Hamilton - September 19, 2012 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH If one thing should be clear by now, it is that nothing a president or presidential candidate says is private. Assume every microphone is hot, every fundraiser is public, every side comment will be reported. You would think by this time – having been burned on the height of the trees in […]