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Letter: OG&E responds to customer’s concerns
To the editors:
On behalf of OG&E, I’d like to correct some misinformation presented in Phyllis Bryant’s recent letter to the editor (“Tell Commission to...
Editorial: Tulsa World shows idiocy of endorsements
With about 92 days remaining until U.S. voters choose their next president, the Tulsa World published its endorsement editorial Aug. 7.
Except that it didn't.
Under...
Sundaze: The going price for venom
Comic First
Poetry Second
I Travelled in Light
by Gary Reddin
I travelled in
light
the day I
died
as every living
atom
of my being
ceased
their subtle vibrations
singing
a simultaneous melody.
The Going Price for Venom
by Gary Reddin
On the...
How suburban sprawl divides OKCPS from its peers
Steve Lackmeyer's excellent analysis of suburban sprawl, Unsustainable, warns, "After decades of sprawl, Oklahoma City officials know something must change.”
Uncontrolled growth is a threat to...
Turkish writer: Easier for Enes Kanter to become Enes Gülen in the U.S.
ISTANBUL — Enes Kanter, a center for the Oklahoma City Thunder, was recently disowned by his family for following and backing the so-called cleric Fethullah...
‘Too much at stake’ to trust Trump’s foreign policies
In his famous 1947 article called The Sources of Soviet Conduct, diplomat and historian George Kennan sought to describe the way the Soviet Union...
Local GOPers aren’t ‘for Trump,’ they’re just anti-Hillary
I was recently asked by the Downtown Rotary Club 29 — the oldest civic organization in Oklahoma and the largest (incredibly) Rotary Club on the...
OKDHS cuts are another wound for legislature, Fallin
While Oklahomans were elated by Russell Westbrook news Thursday and distracted by arrogant hashtag-mongering Friday, OKDHS announced $45 million in budget cuts Wednesday.
The Oklahoma...
Trump time: ‘The thrill is gone’ (plus poetry)
Comic First — Trump Time
Poetry Second
Tik-Tok Master
by Peter Chege
Tik-Tok......Tik-Tok
You are always Mute
You never talk
But by your sound
You turn the skies and clouds round in patterns
You...
‘Bad Moms’ — Real mothers reveal parenting anxieties
For me, laughter is the best medicine, and Bad Moms is basically a two-hour antidepressant. This is the kind of movie that brings similar...