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You Just Had A Hysterectomy? Sorry, You Can’t Get Married In...

Arnold Hamilton - May 7, 2014 0

BY M.J. DENMAN On April 17, Jim Campbell, the Tulsa County Clerk’s office attorney in its appeal of Federal District Court Judge Terence Kerns’s ruling...

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Corporate Lobbyists Challenged By A Growing ‘Populist Lobby’

Arnold Hamilton - May 7, 2014 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Imagine a bold headline blaring, “An Army of 1,500 Lobbyists Swarms Capitol Hill.” But that wouldn’t be news, since it happens every day. In fact, an occupying army of Gucci-clad corporate lobbyists is permanently encamped in Washington, numbering not a mere 1,500 – but more than 12,000. Yes, that works out to […]

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In Drought, Fortunes Are Made

Arnold Hamilton - May 6, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP BAKERSFIELD, CA – This summer, even drinking water may be hard to find in some central California towns. This region is in its third year of drought, among the worst in recorded history. Yet agribusinesses are planting huge new groves of thirsty almond and pistachio trees. Bear in mind, these are permanent […]

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The Issue Is Privilege

Arnold Hamilton - May 6, 2014 0

BY FRED R. HARRIS I want to talk today about an issue which has been, all my adult life, as central a concern of mine...

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It’s Not Nice To Fool Mother Nature

Arnold Hamilton - May 2, 2014 0

BY DAVID PERRYMAN In Oklahoma City on Aug. 1, 1904, three brothers-in-law – Frank E. Anderson and William Lockhart Clayton, cotton merchants, and Monroe D....