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420: No longer just for stoners as weed politics grow
Merry Spliffmas and Happy Chronukah, y'all!
Each year, April 20 stands as a sort of marijuana-appreciation day, mainly because the numerical date of 4-20 corresponds...
Editorial: OKC should be ashamed of NRA ad
A new advertisement from the National Rifle Association has drawn enormous criticism for its overt insinuation that conservative Americans need to fight their liberal brethren.
This...
Editorial: Markwayne Mullin shows his word means little
(Correction: This post has been updated to clarify Mullin's place of residence.)
At the end of the day, a man has little more to stand...
School rankings: Shocking headlines a terrible thing to waste
My question in NonDoc about how we should respond to NeighborhoodScout.com's ranking of 10 Oklahoma schools in its list of the nation’s 100 “worst”...
Editorial: Sheriff candidates must understand why ‘black lives matter’
The three candidates for Oklahoma County Sheriff should all receive public appreciation for their participation in our Tussle at the Tower debate Wednesday night.
In...
Student growth: What’s the matter with Tulsa?
Thanks to the Kaiser Foundation and other nonprofits, Tulsa has taken the lead in early education and many other social service efforts. Their humane...
Editorial: #okleg should stay focused on state budget
The Oklahoma Legislature has filed 1,953 bills for the 2018 regular session. Gov. Mary Fallin also has expanded the scope of the state's current...
School Choice Summit 2018: An about-face from 2017
The School Choice Summit 2018 held Jan. 25 at Oklahoma City University was the opposite of Oklahoma City’s first summit, which took place last...
Congressional delegation tolerates sociopath for agenda
Oklahoma's congressional delegation contains a number of apparent ideologues. Either that, or they are remarkably inattentive. Perhaps they are merely gutless wonders. In any...
OKCPS 2017 Statistical Abstract: Three takeaways
The OKCPS 2017 Statistical Abstract is out (and embedded at the end of this article).
As we already knew, the state’s shift to higher standards produced a...