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‘The mind, the will and the brain’
ILE-IFE, Nigeria — So, it's a new year and wishes have flown around. We must have had our resolutions set already, too? Well, good....
Critical thinking needed as post-truth threatens youth
As we struggle to make sense of the 2016 election, Americans need the ability to "hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same...
Poems: ‘The Blue God’ of war is coming and more
The Blue God
by Joan McNerney
The blue god of war
is so strong
he can twist trees
with the tip of his tongue.
You better not defy him
scream at...
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...
Out of the box ideas for feds to force REAL ID compliance
I've written multiple times about Oklahoma's REAL ID Act compliance situation, and each time it has been a veritable nightmare of government officials not knowing...
OKC needs an art-house theater for top-10 films of 2016
Oklahoma City needs an independent art-house theater, because the top-10 films of 2016 deserve an audience but might not find a venue in which to play here.
In...
Hobbled Russia still managing to play Donald Trump
UNKEN, Austria — It has been rightly suggested by one of my colleagues at the University of Oklahoma that I give too much credit...
Arkansas medical marijuana efforts favoring the rich
Quick, what's the fastest way to make marijuana boring?
Bog it down in a commission and make sure rich people are the only ones who...
Superstitious? Calculate Friday the 13th in advance
I celebrated New Year’s Eve early this year — and so did you.
It takes the earth 365.25 days to make a complete orbit around...
Albums turning 20: Daft Punk, Built to Spill & Pat Boone
Wanna feel old?
Well you're in luck! Because there's practically no better way to age yourself than by counting the years between the release of...
