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Lawyer: Medical marijuana restrictions could burn cities
Whole industries are not often born overnight. Medical marijuana presents unique challenges for Oklahoma’s state government: SQ 788 legalized medical marijuana within mere months...
Capital gains taxes: The often-overlooked trade off
Late last week, as the Oklahoma Legislature passed additional funding measures for education, the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) announced new demands, including the elimination...
The top-10 contributions of democratic socialism
I recently lost my shit over this op-ed, which claims that youth support Bernie Sanders because they’re ignorant about history and economics. Apparently, they’re...
Residency question could dog Okla. Supreme Court appointee Patrick Wyrick
Gov. Mary Fallin finally received her first chance to appoint a justice to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, but her pick has raised eyebrows, caused controversy and...
Master gardener: Quit wasting money in your garden
Oklahoma must be full of rich gardeners who have excess money to burn and unlimited energy to expend in their gardens. Many seem to have little concern...
The power of bitcoin mining in Oklahoma
So it seems Pryor has struck gold, or digital gold I suppose, with the announcement this past week that computer software company Northern Data...
Opinion: Oklahoma needs an innocence commission
In 1988, Perry Lott was convicted of a rape and home invasion in Ada and sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. Thirty...
Oklahoma’s far-right accuses Rep. Kannady of ‘treason’
On the eve of the Nov. 6 election, the New York Times offered one of the best explanations for Oklahoma's Republican victories. Campbell Robertson...
In America, ‘money is a necessary evil’
Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus once said, “You must spend money to make money.”
In other words, there is no taking without giving. For some...
If Oklahoma Capitol insiders were WWE stars
Do you find the Oklahoma Legislature too boring to warrant your attention? Would you be more intrigued if the state's elected and appointed leaders...
