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UPDATE: Amid ‘confusion’ on REAL ID, extension denied
(Update: On Oct. 11, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety released the following statement, photographed below, noting that the state had been denied its...
Honored in uniform, veterans neglected by VA, others
As a Vietnam veteran, my dad is a lot of things, but he is most definitely not a quitter. When he wants something accomplished,...
Letter: ‘It’s not star-spangled beauty, to me’
To the editors:
It’s not star-spangled beauty, to me.
The harshness of the shell, the emitting of a crude smell, the pandering of souls not living...
How Hispanic immigrants ‘saved’ OKC’s public schools
Every once in awhile, we in Oklahoma City should catch our breath, block out Trumpism and take the time to give thanks for immigration.
I...
Before the Flood: Film shows DiCaprio’s climate passion
Leonardo DiCaprio surely knows the limited effect a celebrity “cause” documentary about global warming will have on the average viewer — the actor himself...
Fordham: Make America Great Again, but for education
State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister spoke recently at a community meeting hosted by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. After hearing what she had to say, it...
On World AIDS Day, longtime HIV carrier considers progress
LOS ANGELES — On this World AIDS Day, I will enter my 40th year of living with HIV. I have seen a lot over those...
Stop ignoring early education findings from the 1970s
Across the nation, the post-election transition period has proven to be just as angry as our bitter election, which is likely to be followed by...
KOCO pats former legislator on head for soda tax idea
Tuesday, Oklahoma House Democratic media flack Mike Ray distributed a 1,200-word press release to promote an idea being recirculated by a former state legislator.
Hours...
South Carolinian’s poems conjure views of the South
Tell A Tale of Cotton
by Robert Filos
blue jeans growing in October fields
the Georgia sky singing the blues
red dirt roads pave sights with color
as turkeys...