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Sundaze: ‘Time to study’ at the University of Oklahoma
'Time to study'
Over the course of my father's three decades teaching state history at the University of Oklahoma, he developed a stock joke — whenever OU lost its...
Five questions for OU, OSU football this season
While OU football is gracing magazine covers and being hyped for a potential repeat-playoff run, OSU football also opens its season Saturday, and the...
SQ 777 poses potentially ‘extreme’ price to pay
The latest OKC Pets Magazine displays an adorable cover photo of Hazel, who must be the second-cutest Australian shepherd I’ve ever seen (next to...
Photos: Water, water, everywhere …
Water has been on the minds of many in Norman recently.
A city stormwater utility initiative that, in part, would have taken measures to mitigate...
Outraised: Trump emails signal Clinton fundraising lead
Believe it or not, I get Donald Trump emails every day.
To cover the then-GOP insurgent presidential candidate at his Oklahoma State Fairgrounds appearance nearly...
Why Oklahoma Democrats will be casting Trump votes
Come election day 2016, Oklahoma Democrats will be casting votes for Donald Trump.
I’m not talking about the first Tuesday after the first Monday in...
Constructive tone helps News 9 ‘Educate Oklahoma’
A local commercial during News 9's special report, Educate Oklahoma, proclaims “Join us.” That same message resonates through the entire first part of the two-hour program.
A...
SmartHours ruling angers some, confuses most
In my adulthood, I have attended many public meetings and dug many nuggets of truth from the banks of complex civic process. Still, the...
Editorial: Geneva Smith, 84-year-old pepper sprayed by Muskogee police, deserved better
Fox 23 out of Tulsa has obtained and published Muskogee Police Department body-camera footage that shows an officer pepper spraying 84-year-old Geneva Smith inside her...
Sundaze: Design conversations on Oklahoma’s new plate
On design conversations for the new
Oklahoma license plate ...
"I imagine the design conversations went something like this. However, what I'd really like to see is...