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In 2019, law enforcement reported that “the Chinese government [poses] a particular threat to U.S. academia” and “does not play by the same rules of academic integrity that U.S. educational institutions observe.” The report includes many examples of actual and attempted espionage for commercial and military purposes.
Read moreSpecies in the wolf spider family can often be identified by their eye arrangement: two half-moon-shaped eyes on the side, two larger forward-facing eyes in the middle, and four smaller forward-facing eyes forming a bottom row.
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As I watched tennis finals on TV Saturday afternoon I was distracted because this month’s Times & Free-Press newspapers were moving around in my wicker basket on the floor.
Read moreCatholics are getting a lot of attention among political writers these days. And as with other demographics that once consistently voted Democrat (Blacks, Hispanics, young people), candidates from all parties are actively vying for Catholics’ attention – meaning their votes – this year, while analysts and pundits express bafflement that the conventional political alignments seem no longer to apply.
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VIEW from behind the plow
Read moreFor as long as I can remember, the Left has been sneering at anyone who points out that the United States is a republic, not a democracy. They find the notion almost as unsophisticated and fascistic as flying a revolutionary-era flag. Others dismiss the democracy/ republic debate as pedantic or a semantic distraction. They shouldn’t.
Read moreWhen the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit program was enacted in 2023, it put Oklahoma on the national map by offering robust schoolchoice opportunities to all families.
Read moreFor the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. — Romans 6:23 Thoughts on Today’s Verse If we get paid what we deserve as flawed and sinful humans, we’re not going to like our wages when we stand before God, trying to plead our case. On the other hand, God, who is rich in mercy and grace, gives us his gift of salvation because of the sacrifice of Jesus and our faith in him. We won’t get what we deserve or receive the cruel wages of sin if Christ is our Lord and Savior. He died to pay that debt, that wage of sin and death. Instead, we will receive the gift of eternal life in the glorious presence of God and his holy angels. I don’t know about you, but that makes me want to serve him more passionately and faithfully!
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