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Kevin Durant will always be our Fourth of July villain
Every hero needs a villain.
If Russell Westbrook, the Oklahoma City Thunder and our state's pathologically self-loathing masses were a caped crusader, then baby-face-turned-heel Kevin...
Letter: Key reversals possible, unlikely on new SCOTUS
To the editors:
For those who are concerned about SCOTUS and a possible reversal of the Obergefell and Windsor decisions recognizing marriage equality in MAGALand,...
From Zimbabwe: ‘A hunger for shared experiences’
(Editor's note: The following three poems are written by Ndaba Sibanda of Zimbabwe.)
How They Received Him
He was moving from door
to door, asking citizens
to give...
In support of feminism: The Girl Child
The Girl Child
by Nelson Vincent Ayomitunde
(Author's note: Based on certain cultural instincts that have birthed discrimination in gender, this poem is for feminism, dedicated...
Scott Pruitt’s climate has changed
I honestly didn't know much about Scott Pruitt when he was the attorney general of Oklahoma. I knew that many people didn't have the...
Family separation creates harsh backdrop on July Fourth
I write this on the Fourth of July afternoon, 2018. My favorite holiday. The USA is 242 years old. Looking back, it's been a strange...
Editorial: High price of oil shapes Oklahoma political landscape
If you hadn't noticed the high price of oil right now — knock on wood — then you probably don't work in the petroleum...
Sundaze: What was the Board of Health smoking?
After the voters said, "Yes," the Oklahoma State Board of Health said, "Well, sorta."
I think this was a bit expected, no? Dr. Jean Hausheer,...
Instead of bashing universal pre-k, build on its successes
In June, NewsOK.com published a commentary by Greg Forster, a Friedman Fellow with EdChoice, that criticized Oklahoma’s universal pre-kindergarten (pre-k) program. It was excerpted...
IoT takes center stage at Sensors Symposium
Although the networking of digital sensors may not sound like a compelling issue, we are rapidly entering the world of the Internet of Things,...
