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Lewis Moore, Bobby Cleveland and the ghosts of Festivus past
'Twas 2015 and all through the House, conservatives were stirring and starting to grouse.
Forms had been filed, a request from some soul, that the...
High school junior: ‘Oklahoma is failing its students’
Whispers among the students and faculty of Classen School of Advanced Studies have gotten louder in recent days, but this buzz does not entail...
Coleman trial commentary: How a judge was removed
In watching and writing about Kendra Coleman’s struggle to retain her seat on the Oklahoma County District Court bench, it struck me how her...
Munich Oktoberfest: Migrants out of sight, not mind
MUNICH — I have been lucky enough to make the trek to Germany five of the past six years for Oktoberfest, but this year's...
Rev. Walke’s ‘Pocket Guide to Christian Lawmaking’
On Nov. 17, 2016, I was in the gallery of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives to watch my husband, along with 100 other...
Editorial: OKC should be ashamed of NRA ad
A new advertisement from the National Rifle Association has drawn enormous criticism for its overt insinuation that conservative Americans need to fight their liberal brethren.
This...
New school report cards reveal ‘sad’ outcomes
The new Oklahoma school report cards reveal sad outcomes in urban schools, something high-stakes standardized testing and the first generation of primitive school grades have always...
Sometimes what we think does not match reality
(Editor's note: The following piece discusses racism and includes language that may make some readers uncomfortable.)
When I was 10 years old, my family moved...
Norman photos: ‘Hate has no home’ in my town
I tell my East Coast and West Coast friends that I live on a blue island in a red sea. That is the political...
The numbers you need: How to make sense of COVID-19 data
Embroiled in the first real pandemic of our lifetimes, we are suddenly facing numerous health decisions we were never prepared to make: Should I...
