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COLUMN: One tough mother? No, all moms are tough

4 days ago | enidnews.com | Jeff Mullin

One tough mother. It’s a phrase truncated from perhaps the filthiest portmanteau epithet in the English language. But in its clean sense it is redundant. All mothers are tough. They have to be. kAmq6:?8 2 >@E96C :?G@=G6D A2:?[ 2?5 ?@E ;FDE E96 A9JD:42= DF776C:?8 @7 =23@C 2?5 56=:G6CJ 3FE E96 6>@E:@?2= E@C>6?E E92E 4@>6D 2=@?8 H:E9 C2:D:?8 49:=5C6?]k^AmkAm(6 2== 9FCE @FC >@E96CD — H6 FAD6E E96>[ H6 H@CCJ E96>[ H6 5:D2AA@:?E E96>[ H6 G6I E96> :?
COLUMN: Don’t tread on me: The shoe’s on the other foot

1 week ago | enidnews.com | Jeff Mullin

You’ve seen it, on flags, bumper stickers, T-shirts and house decorations. It’s a drawing of a coiled snake on a field of yellow atop the words “Don’t Tread On Me.”kAmxE @C:8:?2E65 5FC:?8 E96 p>6C:42? #6G@=FE:@? 2?5 H2D <?@H? 2D E96 v25D56? u=28] r@>>@5@C6 tD6< w@A<:?D[ E96 7:CDE }2G2= 4@>>2?56C :? 49:67[ FD65 :E 2D 9:D A6CD@?2= 6?D:8? 23@2C5 9:D D9:A[ E96 p=7C65]k^AmkAm%96 7=28 C6DFC72465 :? A@AF=2C 4F=EFC6 2E E96 52H? @7 E96 a`DE r6?EFCJ[ H96? :E H2D FD65 :?
COLUMN: Pope Francis leaves a legacy of compassion

2 weeks ago | enidnews.com | Jeff Mullin

Overnight the world bid farewell to the leader of some 1.3 billion members of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis passed from this life on Easter Monday, just a day after making a surprise appearance in St. Peter’s Square to spend a few minutes with members of his flock. kAm%96 A@?E:77[ gg[ 925 366? :== 7@C D@>6 E:>6 2?5 H2D 2AA2C6?E=J 4=@D6 E@ 562E9 2 4@FA=6 @7 >@?E9D 28@ H96? 96 H2D 9@DA:E2=:K65 7@C 3C62E9:?8 AC@3=6>D]k^Am kAmx7 6G6C E96C6 H2D 2 >2? H9@ =:G65 9:D 72:E9[ :E H2D uC2?4:D[ 3@C?
COLUMN: Hate did not prevail April 19, 1995

2 weeks ago | thedailystar.com | Jeff Mullin

A truck bomb did not bring down the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and kill 168 people, including 19 children. Seventy bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and three 55-gallon drums of nitromethane set off by a wax-covered fuse did not result in the largest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. kAmxE H2D[ @7 4@FCD6[ E96 C6?E2= ECF4< 7:==65 H:E9 E96 :?DECF>6?ED @7 562E9 2?5 56DECF4E:@? E92E D962C65 @77 E96 7C@?E @7 E96 |FCC29 qF:=5:?8 2?5 6?565 `eg =:G6D b_ J62CD 28@]k^Am kAmqFE :?
Jeff Mullin column: Hate did not prevail in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995

2 weeks ago | heraldbulletin.com | Jeff Mullin

A truck bomb did not bring down the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and kill 168 people, including 19 children. Seventy bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and three 55-gallon drums of nitromethane set off by a wax-covered fuse did not result in the largest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. kAmxE H2D[ @7 4@FCD6[ E96 C6?E2= ECF4< 7:==65 H:E9 E96 :?DECF>6?ED @7 562E9 2?5 56DECF4E:@? E92E D962C65 @77 E96 7C@?E @7 E96 |FCC29 qF:=5:?8 2?5 6?565 `eg =:G6D b_ J62CD 28@]k^Am kAmqFE :?
COLUMN: Hate did not prevail April 19, 1995

3 weeks ago | chickashanews.com | Jeff Mullin

A truck bomb did not bring down the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and kill 168 people, including 19 children. Seventy bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and three 55-gallon drums of nitromethane set off by a wax-covered fuse did not result in the largest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. kAmxE H2D[ @7 4@FCD6[ E96 C6?E2= ECF4< 7:==65 H:E9 E96 :?DECF>6?ED @7 562E9 2?5 56DECF4E:@? E92E D962C65 @77 E96 7C@?E @7 E96 |FCC29 qF:=5:?8 2?5 6?565 `eg =:G6D b_ J62CD 28@ E@52J]k^Am kAmqFE :?
COLUMN: Hate did not prevail April 19, 1995

3 weeks ago | enidnews.com | Jeff Mullin

A truck bomb did not bring down the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and kill 168 people, including 19 children. Seventy bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and three 55-gallon drums of nitromethane set off by a wax-covered fuse did not result in the largest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. kAmxE H2D[ @7 4@FCD6[ E96 C6?E2= ECF4< 7:==65 H:E9 E96 :?DECF>6?ED @7 562E9 2?5 56DECF4E:@? E92E D962C65 @77 E96 7C@?E @7 E96 |FCC29 qF:=5:?8 2?5 6?565 `eg =:G6D b_ J62CD 28@ E@52J]k^Am kAmqFE :?
COLUMN: Be polite, be nice; how hard can it be?

1 month ago | enidnews.com | Jeff Mullin

Apparently Jim Banks, Republican U.S. senator from Indiana, never was taught manners. Banks was caught on video recently berating a young man who confronted the senator in the halls of the U.S. Capitol. In February the man was fired from his job at the Department of Health and Human Services — a victim of Elon Musk’s ongoing game of DOGE-ball. The young man, Mack Schroeder, received a special Valentine’s Day gift from the DOGE Muskrats, a pink slip. kAm$49C@656C H2D :?
COLUMN: Greenland isn’t green, neither should it be ours

1 month ago | enidnews.com | Jeff Mullin

If there is any country in the world whose name does not reflect the nation it represents, it is Greenland. The largest island in the world, Greenland spawns 836,300 square miles but boasts a population of only 56,583. Enid, in contrast, covers just less than 74 square miles and is home to 50,577 people. kAmt?:5 2=D@ :D H2J 8C66?6C] vC66?=2?5 :D ?@E A2CE:4F=2C=J 8C66?[ E@AA65 2D :E :D 3J 2? :46 D966E E92E 4@G6CD `]f >:==:@? DBF2C6 <:=@>6E6CD H:E9 2?
Jeff Mullin, CNHI Columnist: National security blunder prompts app-oplexy

1 month ago | effinghamdailynews.com | Jeff Mullin

Be careful Tuesday. Don’t believe anything you are told on that day. That is the day everyone is suspect, even your closest family members and friends. kAms@?’E E2<6 2?JE9:?8 2E 7246 G2=F6] x7 D@>6@?6 D2JD :E :D C2:?:?8[ :>>65:2E6=J H2=< @FED:56 2?5 D66 :7 J@F 86E H6E] x7 D@[ E96J H6C6 E6==:?8 E96 ECFE9] x7 ?@E[ H6==[ %F6D52J :D[ 27E6C 2==[ pAC:= `[ pAC:= u@@=’D s2J]k^Am kAm~? E92E 52J 6G6CJ@?6 92D E96 A@E6?E:2= E@ AC6G2C:42E6[ E@ 7:3[ E@ DEC6E49 E96 ECFE9[ E@ @37FD42E6[ E@ EC25F46[ E@ A2=E6C — :?