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Kevin Durant honors fallen Thunder ‘family’ member

Tres Savage - Wednesday, February 10, 2016

If you saw the pictures of Kevin Durant working the Super Bowl sidelines as a photographer Sunday, you might have noticed a Canon camera, an enormous 400mm telephoto lens...

Our precious: OU will have a new football coach soon

Mike Allen - Sunday, December 5, 2021

You may have heard: The University of Oklahoma football team needs a new head coach. Breaking news, I know, but it's been a big...

Gold Dome renovation could involve taxpayer subsidy

Mike Allen - Sunday, April 4, 2021

I'm always in for some good ol' historic preservation and readaptation of buildings, so when initial plans were revealed this past week for a...

Fears for democracy, daughters highlight Women’s March

Tres Savage - Saturday, January 21, 2017

As I squeezed through the thousands of people gathered this morning for the Women's March at the Oklahoma State Capitol, I tried to be...

Comparison memes need ‘nuance and details’

Mike Allen - Sunday, November 6, 2016

I have never — not once — seen these comparison memes demonstrate what their creators believe they demonstrate. I think that speaks to the rushed nature of their creations: A...

Watch Hillary Clinton soothe America’s children after OKC bombing

Tres Savage - Tuesday, September 6, 2016

If you like Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, you've probably noticed that a lot of people don't. She's icy, people say. Cold. Calculated. Strategic. She's...

Unpacking the legacy of Woody Guthrie’s Okemah home

William W. Savage, Jr. - Thursday, July 7, 2016

Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was born in Okemah, Okla., to a family that had a fair number of issues well before there was a Dr....

OCPA’s references to Reagan ignore today’s realities

David Walters and Rep. Collin Walke - Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Recently, former Gov. Frank Keating, former Sen. Tom Coburn and former Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce Larry Parman penned a letter for the Oklahoma Council...