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Historic preservation deserves deeper consideration from OKC council
The OKC City Council’s push to weaken Oklahoma City’s historic preservation system is deeply rooted in the notion that property owners should be able...
Topless ruling has some blowing their tops in Oklahoma
The above situation is what the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals addressed with its recent topless ruling, right? OK, it wasn't, but the...
More accountability needed before capital funding for charter schools
The executive director of the Oklahoma State School Board Association, Shawn Himes, opened the first of the Sept. 11 House Common Education Committee’s interim...
Editorial: OKCPS board seat needs quality applicants
The children of Oklahoma's largest school district need you — or, more specifically, intelligent and reasonable adults who live in south OKC — to...
New OKC food halls make for tough choices
Have you been to one of the new OKC food halls yet? Judging from the crowds, I'm guessing the answer is "yes." I've only...
A decade’s difference in the OKC concert scene
You may have noticed that the OKC concert scene has changed dramatically in the past 10 years. From the amount of venues to the...
A final #oklaed interview with Thelma Parks
When Oklahoma City civil rights and education icon Thelma Parks died at age 96 last week, I was under the weather and did not...
Park opening could get extreme with release of scissortails
The schedule for the grand opening of Scissortail Park was released this past week, and I think it's safe to say we won't be...
Seven concerning facts about privatization of the military
Do you really know what goes on in our country? Behind the scenes or at the boardroom table, there are active systems and negotiations...
Daddy, which side were you on in the Chicken War?
Ah yes, the great Chicken War of 2019. I remember it well...because it's still happening. Full disclosure: I have tried exactly zero of the...
