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Islamic advocacy group celebrates SQ755 defeat
As the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held its annual banquet Saturday, guests celebrated a year of advocacy that was highlighted by the defeat of State Question 755, a amendment to the state constitution approved by voters four years ago. “It was a pure political ploy and it was unsuccessful,” said […]
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LETTERS
They are angry that Barack Obama was elected, twice. They are angry that the Affordable Care Act passed Congress, was signed by the president, was affirmed by the Supreme Court and is being implemented. And they are angry that the American people insist that our government support programs extending hope and opportunity to low-income or […]
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Rising above messages of hate
An anti-Islam movie trailer recently posted to YouTube resulted in unfortunate and inexcusable acts of violence in parts of the Middle East. The film itself is a shameful and disgraceful take on the religion of Islam, and has caused pain in the hearts of the American Muslim community. As an individual who was born in […]
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Soak the rich
The Congressional Budget Office says the top 1 percent pay 27.6 percent of all federal taxes compared to the 35.6 percent of all national wealth they own (the bottom 90 percent owned just 25 percent). Billionaire Warren Buffet pointed out in an Aug. 14 New York Times op-ed that because investment income is taxed at […]
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Buy now!
That optimism is higher than residents of other countries, according to the Genworth International Mortgage Trends Report. Among the respondents’ reported obstacles to purchasing a home were: —the local economic outlook; —concerns about property affordability; and —worries about future unemployment. However, these economic concerns have not translated into excessive mortgage stress among U.S. home buyers. […]