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Jack Willis

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Rep. Mike Ritze
Recent federal health care legislation threatens to squash the rights of Oklahomans, drive up the cost of health care, and limit already-weak access to health care providers in the state. It's clear t...

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Keith Eakins
On Nov. 2, the citizens of Oklahoma will vote on whether to approve a state constitutional amendment that prohibits "forced participation in a health care system." Passed by the Oklahoma Legislature a...

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Scott Jones
Five years ago when I returned home to Oklahoma, it was with the conviction that Oklahomans were fair, decent, compassionate people. In the effort to advance human and civil rights, surely Oklahomans ...

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Phil G. Busey Sr.
My parents were born in Vinita before 1915 and were a part of the "Greatest Generation." I was late in their lives. My experiences with them were a blend of old and new. As a young kid in the '50s, we...

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Blair Humphreys
Oklahoma City needs a great street. Just one great street would do for now. A street with shopping and sidewalk cafes; a street to work on, to live on, or simply to visit for the afternoon; a street t...

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Chris Smith
Oklahoma City may technically be a "big-league city" in the sense that we now have a professional sports franchise, but we have some work to do before we're truly in the next tier of cities in the eye...

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Jack Willis
Nothing attracts a pack of curious readers like a good list.A list of, say, health-inspection violations issued to their favorite restaurants, or the assessed value of houses on their block, or regist...

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Nathan Gunter
You've had this happen before, right? You're standing around whatever the 21st century equivalent of the water cooler is (the Keurig? Facebook?), and the conversation takes a dismaying turn to the lat...

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Kyle Loveless
The most recent legislative session wrapped up last week, so we should look back and see where we have come. What has been accomplished? Who is a rising star? Which legislation is a waste of paper? Wh...

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Ron Black
Mark Shannon and I worked together at the station formerly known as "SuperTalk 930, WKY." He was the morning drive guru; I handled the back of the bus in the afternoon slot. Shannon's death as a resul...

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Jack Willis
Five die as tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Derrick Henry reported on The New York Times website."Four dead in Oklahoma tornado outbreak," according to Little Rock's KATV-Channel 7 broadcast. "The Oklahoman...

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Scott Jones
An excerpt from the high school textbook "The Story of Oklahoma," fourth edition, published in 2057:The second decade of this century began during the "Great Recession," which initially did not affect...

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Kurt Hochenauer
The recent tornadoes that killed two people, injured many more and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes, and businesses should encourage Oklahoma leaders to come up with renewed comprehensive safety p...

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Brian Hearn
When I walked into Carolyn Hill's office in March of 1995, little did I know that my life and the cultural life of our city was about to change.We hit it off immediately. Both of us were native Oklaho...