Scientists studying the causes of climate change have looked to Earth’s atmosphere for answers. But that may be the wrong place to find them, says William Goodenough, author of “The Three Concepts of Climate Change: Is AGW Politics or Science?”
Instead, the key could lie in the planet’s magnetic poles, which have been shifting from their traditional locations at the same time the Earth has experienced erratic weather behavior.
Sen. Ted Cruz
NewsMax.com is following a report that a Pennsylvania judge has ruled that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s name can appear on that state’s GOP presidential primary ballot in April, as first reported by LawNewz.com, adding that the story got scant attention despite its ramifications.
While the Wall Street Journal reported on the ruling in a blog post, LawNewz writer Rachel Stockman writes that not much else has been said, despite front-runner Donald Trump’s earlier assertions that Cruz’s eligibility would be tied in the courts for years.
Opinion: How you say something can be as important or even more important that what you say. Tone, inflection, and verbiage can carry the day or cost you everything. Here in the United States, we have been in the midst of some heated political races for quite some time. While an explosive exchange or vindictive response might grab immediate headlines, oftentimes, they can cost you respect and cooperation you may need to reach your goal.
My late, great friend and mentor Coach John Wooden told me that when he was only five or six years old, he and his older brother were cleaning out the barn on their family farm. His brother teased him as older brothers will often do to younger brothers, and the young Coach Wooden responded with profanity he had heard but wasn’t even sure what it meant just as his father walked into the barn. Coach Wooden told me that his father responded with love and respect asking both of the boys to promise to never use bad language again.
The deadline for registered voters to change their party affiliation for upcoming elections is March 31 according to State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax. By statute, changing party affiliation is not allowed from April 1 to Aug. 31. All requests to change party affiliation submitted after March 31 will be processed Sept. 1.
Oklahoma has a modified closed primary system, meaning registered voters of a political party may only vote in their party’s primary and runoff primary elections.
Sen. James Lankford
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today released a video statement on President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. The full video is included at the end of this story.
Sen. Lankford said, “We announced, in the United States Senate, a month ago that, no, we’re not going to try to move on someone in an election year.
“This has been the same thing we have done throughout decades of history in the Senate that we don’t put people in the Supreme Court during the final year of an administration.”
