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Letter: Pastor responds to controversy, continues posing question
To the editors:
Does God judge nations? Recently, while serving as chaplain of the week in the Oklahoma Senate, I posed this question. I was...
#OklaEd Spring: Educators organizing for walkout
(UPDATE: The date of the proposed walkout was changed after this story originally posted. The new date is reflected below.)
A teacher's job is doing...
Trump’s ‘violent video games’ go Back to the Future
Marty is as confused as I am. Donald Trump is president (the reality tv star!?), and we are hearing, once again, about some sort...
After gun scare, we owe OKCPS students a listen
Last week, eighth graders (yes, eighth graders!) led a walkout at John Marshall Mid-High protesting gun violence. According to NewsOK, about 200 students engaged...
Party recap: A successful return to our roots in Norman
NonDoc's “Blame It All on Our Roots” party Friday in Norman was a smashing success. Not only did we meet our fundraising goal, but...
Better ACEs research, terms lead to better solutions
There is a consistent pattern in the conferences sponsored by the Potts Family Foundation, such as its Raising Resilient Oklahomans! summit March 7 in Edmond. First,...
A serious conversation about Oklahoma education
With a teachers’ strike now looming and a state Legislature that appears incapable of figuring out how to fund a teacher pay raise, perhaps...
Dodd-Frank reform: Oklahoma bankers applaud Senate
Amid all the noise, bickering and partisanship in Washington, D.C., something simple – and yet remarkable – just took place in the U.S. Senate....
Letter: Details of federal bank bill ‘should be noted’
To the editors:
Guy Sims conveniently leaves out the details of S.2155 in his commentary titled Dodd-Frank reform: Oklahoma bankers applaud Senate from March 15....
Fleeing Oklahoma, teachers could ‘Fall-in’ the Red River
The Red River Bridge Corporation wanted to keep profiting from a toll bridge that carried U.S. 75 and U.S. 69. In 1931, the Texas...