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Oklahoma health care community clowning around
The flood gates are open! The Oklahoma health care community is clowning around, and Ronald McDonald has an offer no one could refuse.
In all...
The celluloid bond: Why moviegoing is important
A person’s first love is usually another person, someone you hang your hopes and dreams on. A human window into what the future could...
Instead of bashing universal pre-k, build on its successes
In June, NewsOK.com published a commentary by Greg Forster, a Friedman Fellow with EdChoice, that criticized Oklahoma’s universal pre-kindergarten (pre-k) program. It was excerpted...
‘I Miss the Old New York’: Dark days, endless nights
(Editor's note: I Miss the Old New York is a short story by Sam Magid.)
NEW YORK — Every generation of dreamers who has ever...
WoodyFest: ‘This really is a family reunion’
OKEMAH — I came to Okemah to find a folk music festival.
I found that. But I also found a family reunion.
More than 100 singer-songwriters...
IoT takes center stage at Sensors Symposium
Although the networking of digital sensors may not sound like a compelling issue, we are rapidly entering the world of the Internet of Things,...
Pot rules: Breaking down the Board of Health’s marijuana action
At its July 10 meeting, the Oklahoma Board of Health failed in an attempt to approve its own minutes from a previous meeting. The...
Sundaze: What was the Board of Health smoking?
After the voters said, "Yes," the Oklahoma State Board of Health said, "Well, sorta."
I think this was a bit expected, no? Dr. Jean Hausheer,...
Family separation creates harsh backdrop on July Fourth
I write this on the Fourth of July afternoon, 2018. My favorite holiday. The USA is 242 years old. Looking back, it's been a strange...
The musical ‘Oklahoma!’ is still bogus after 75 years
The musical Oklahoma! opened on Broadway in 1943. Seventy-five years have passed, and Oklahomans are still much taken with the dear old thing.
Richard Rodgers...
