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Editorial: Calculate opportunities, risks before Oklahoma teacher strike
Teachers in Oklahoma have the right to strike at the state level. The past decade has seen a litany of political opportunities for Oklahoma...
Pumping iron by ranking OKC hamburgers
There's a political joke in here, but forget about all that and let's talk about OKC hamburgers.
I made a New Year's resolution to exercise...
2018 elections: The real issue at heart of Step Up plan
I went to Feb. 12's teacher rally for the (eventually failed) vote on Step Up Oklahoma. I wanted to listen to our elected leaders...
How to fix the falling participation of blacks in baseball
On Jan. 31, the Bricktown Rotary honored Clayton Kershaw of the L.A. Dodgers with their annual Warren Spahn award, named after an Oklahoman who was one...
Beyond legalities in the Falls Creek rape case
(Correction: This piece was updated at 3:55 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, to note that the attorney actions referenced in the civil case below were...
Florida school shooting: Make compassion our first response
Saturday morning I woke up and knew two things for sure: I felt angry, and I felt powerless. On Valentine’s Day, three days prior,...
Editorial: Shuffle onward, Oklahoma
Oklahomans are good at making do with less than they would like to have. Call it a historical holdover seared into Okie genetics by the...
OKC’s Gold Dome deserves a success story
I just want to take a moment to talk about how much I like the gold dome building on Northwest 23rd Street.
What was once...
Breath vs Bullets: A poem for America
Breath vs Bullets
by James Coburn
Children breathe against a gunman
their only defense.
We breathe facing weapons —
free to exhale smoke
from pierced lungs.
A gun is free to...
Letter: Will sell my spirit and soul for food
To the editors:
Most Saturday mornings since last June, I've been going to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, a huge warehouse that collects enormous quantities...
