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Sundaze: NASA does not create hurricanes
They've done it again. NASA has created some vicious storms of late and left proof for all the world to see!
What's that you say?...
Download, take Rep. Scott Biggs’ felony survey yourself
Rep. Scott Biggs (R-Chickasha) took heat during the 2017 legislative session for stalling bills aimed at decreasing Oklahoma's prison population and limiting the number...
AP classes, tests enjoy ‘a prestige beyond merits’
Alina Tugend’s article in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Who Benefits from the Expansion of AP Classes?, explains why advanced placement (AP) controversies are...
Riding out a hurricane with ‘no idea what’s going on’
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Some years ago, I went on vacation to Bermuda. It was meant to be a week of lying on the beach,...
Panel discussion reveals human dimension of DACA
On Monday, The Oklahoman hosted its Instant Reaction panel discussion on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) at Oklahoma City Community College's Capitol Hill Center....
Nigerian poetry: ‘This house has fallen’ and ‘Ekun Iyawo’
This house has fallen
by Nelson Vincent
Since there is no way before
Let me turn back
I am Lot's wife
A known friend betters the unknown enemy
If I...
Oklahoma County Jail suffers from ‘Groundhog Day’ scenario
In the movie Groundhog Day, self-absorbed TV weatherman Phil Conner keeps reliving the same day over and over without consequences. “What would you do...
Editorial: 67 percent support for GPT hike means #okleg should listen
A new poll commissioned by a group of longtime Oklahoma oil and gas executives says two-thirds of the voting public wants to eliminate the...
Bodega box concept a supposed threat to mom-and-pop stores
With creators of the Bodega box apologizing for upsetting people, Mike Allen laughs at the notion it will kill mom-and-pop stores.
Do you find the...
OIPA: GPT raise would hurt ‘access to capital’ and jobs
In a third-floor conference room at the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association's headquarters, OIPA president Tim Wigley listened Monday as two oil and gas executives...