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Munich Oktoberfest: Security improved but not ironclad
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Germany's Oktoberfest began Sept. 17, and, continuing six years of tradition, I headed over from my home in Switzerland.
One year ago, Germany...
Turmoil of Trump’s first weeks shows partisan hypocrisy
President Donald J. Trump was sworn into office Jan. 20, and what a whirlwind his first two-plus weeks have been.
Trump, in a fit of...
Trustee: Vote ‘Yes’ on Tuesday’s GO bond, extend MAPS 3
Take a drive on Oklahoma City streets, and you’ll know 79 percent of our roads rank as “poor or mediocre condition.” Pothole after pothole,...
Flipping the switch for a government shutdown
There has to be something like this out there for a government shutdown, right? Wait, it doesn't work that way, does it?
Well the government...
We need 10 new Writers’ Fund supporters this week
On April 5, we announced some changes to our crowd-sourced Writers' Fund. The public response from readers and supporters was humbling — 10 new...
Echo chamber: How media consumption affects opinions
Darkness is descending upon the land. A wall has been erected between fellow men. We are at an ideological impasse as a nation; at...
Why Oklahoma needs more environmental public art
Just weeks ago, roughly 30,000 people a day were able to experience the sight and sounds of a breaking arctic glacier. They weren’t anywhere...
What if every Oklahoman bought a Powerball ticket?
With Oklahoma's current leadership declaring 2016 a revenue failure and facing a nearly $900 million shortfall for next year's budget, it's time to look somewhere else to fund...
A rainbow landing at the lap of the Himalayas
Poetry from Nepal
Rainbow Landing
by Bipin Kathiwada
At the lap of the Himalayas
A water tap beckons
In harmony with hills
Full of rhododendrons
And valleys of corn
Where pigeons sing...
Editorial: Trump tax return shows problems with candidate, system
Donald Trump’s tax saga will be heating up this week after the New York Times published details of the mogul’s 1995 tax return Saturday...
