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Tag: Column By Dexter K. Oliver

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Editorial: The Crusades that never end

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 - by News Director

TweetPinShareColumn By Dexter K. Oliver “Mama wipe the blood from my face, I’m sick and tired of the war.” “Knocking on Heaven’s Door – Live Version” by Bob Dylan Yuval …

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Editorial: Following Facts, Finding the Truth

October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 - by News Director

TweetPinShareColumn By Dexter K. Oliver “You can’t call me lazy on a seven day a week. Make a million for the Texans, twenty dollar me.” “Luxury” – The Rolling Stones …

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Editorial: It all started in Africa

May 21, 2025May 21, 2025 - by News Director

TweetPinShareColumn By Dexter K. Oliver I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map? …

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Editorial: Writing the Emily Pike Story

April 7, 2025April 7, 2025 - by News Director

TweetPinShareColumn By Dexter K. Oliver There must be some kind of way out of here. Said the Joker to the thief. There’s too much confusion. I can’t get no relief. …

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Editorial: The Historical Cat and Dog Debate

September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 - by News Director

TweetPinShare Now Cousin George is doing time in the pen, Animal abuse is why he fell. Peddling stray cats to Ching Ling’s diner, Where the chop suey tastes so swell. …

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Editorial: Validated, vindicated, and valued

February 13, 2024February 13, 2024 - by News Director

TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Dexter K. Oliver: The “Last Goodbye” is now available at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. LCCN (Library of Congress Control Number) E169.12.O397 2022. Request in the Jefferson or …

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Mind Games: From the Congo to Duncan, Arizona

September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 - by News Director

TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Dexter K. Oliver: Seven-year-old Dexter K. Oliver in a cage at the Bronx Zoo playing with carnivorous Komodo monitors (dragons). Column By Dexter K. Oliver I really wasn’t born in a …

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Editorial: Banned in Duncan

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 - by News Director

TweetPinSharePhoto By Dexter K. Oliver: “Last Goodbye” is the final installation in a series of what the late, great Dutch Salmon of High Lonesome Books in Silver City, New Mexico …

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Editorial: Outlaw Americana Music

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 - by News Director

TweetPinShareDexter K. Oliver Photo: This homemade DVD has Dexter K. Oliver playing and singing 19 of his original outlaw Americana songs. It is available at at the Country Chic/Duncan Visitors’ …

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Editorial: On Writing

August 4, 2022August 9, 2022 - by News Director

TweetPinShareCharles Bowden An excerpt from a forthcoming book Column By Dexter K. Oliver I’ll use Chuck Bowden as an example of how easily writers can slip off the rails. Not …

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