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Musings by Marilou

An interview with two honor students at Seminole High turned more into a conversation about friendship, a solid bond that began in the third grade. Even though the valedictorian and salutatorian are a thousandth of a point away, the competition was never their motivation for doing their best. They have thrived on seeing each other succeed. Unfortunately, at least in today’s world, that is a rarity.

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Thinking Out Loud: The Permian Basin vs. Biden’s War on Oil

When Joe Biden canceled two scheduled oil and gas lease sales that were to take place later this month, essentially killing the potential to drill for oil in over 1 million acres in the Cook Inlet in Alaska, he used the excuse that there appeared to be a “lack of industry interest” among oil companies in leasing in the area.

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State Capitol Highlights

Early voting in the May 24 primary runoff elections ends Friday, May 20. Under state law, voters who cast ballots in either party’s primary election must vote only in the same party’s runoff election. Voters who did not cast ballots in the primary may vote in either party’s runoff election.

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Thinking Out Loud: Shorts

What Office is George P. Bush Running For?

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Thoughts from the Homer: This is how a school year should end - at least for the Homer

As of Monday evening, the Tribe is still alive and yours truly, the Homer, is a traveling man.

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Musings by Marilou: Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

I want to say that during our trip to south Louisiana last weekend, we meandered up and down Bourbon Street, soaking up the sights and sounds, or even took a tour of the alligator farm or Mardi Gras World. But, no, it was family time, and the majority of our stay, except for when we rushed in and out of the New Orleans airport, was spent on the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain.

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Dies and Das (This and That): Half of Low-German

Greetings all! Would you like to learn half of Low-German in less than 5 minutes? Well, here goes! Guten Tag’, alle! Möchten Sie in weniger als 5 Minuten 50% Plattdeutsch lernen? Also, los geht’s!

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Rix Quinn – Health Maintenance

Did you ever have a perfect day, 24 hours when everything went right? I had one yesterday, and it scared me.

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Thinking Out Loud: 2000 Mules: How the 2020 Election Was Stolen

Just minutes before midnight, March 4, 2017, Jacob “Jake” Groening, having murdered one and seriously wounded another at Perika’s Terrace just 13 minutes earlier, returned home and emptied the magazine of his .22 caliber pistol into his mother-in-law as she sat in her car beside the southbound lanes of Hwy. 385.