Commentary
Keith Gaddie
There's an old saw in campaign politics that goes "politicians think everyone knows them because they only go to places where they know people." Fragmentation allows readers to consume information nar...

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Keith Hazelton
Oklahoma's lottery, approved 2-to-1 by voters in 2004, promised it would fix a funding gap in the state's K-12 educational system, conveniently deferring some of the difficult decisions legislators an...

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Scott Jones
In the fall 2009 issue of Christian Ethics Today, Mennonite theologian Tripp York published an article titled "The Subtle Atheism of Being Pro-Life." A provocative title indeed.York's thesis is that w...

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Chris Smith
Republican legislative leadership recently unveiled its 2010 legislative agenda. In it, they outlined their hope of targeting reforms to Oklahoma's education system, workers' compensation system and m...

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Kurt Hochenauer
The 2010 Oklahoma legislative session, which began Feb. 1, could be bitter and contentious as leaders determine how the state will deal with its worst budget crisis since the Great Depression.It could...

Commentary
Keith Gaddie
The "tea party" crowd can be a force in Oklahoma politics. To do so, they need to do more than protest the status quo, which inexplicably emerged before their eyes this past May after eight years in t...

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Chris Smith
I've never heard it said that a prenuptial agreement could save the world, but I'm starting to believe that it may be able to actually save a few marriages.As an attorney who works with divorcing coup...

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Scott Jones
Well, it seems that in this legislative session we are going to debate divorce. With all our fiscal troubles, I'm sure you didn't have that on your list of legislative priorities for the year.The prop...

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Kurt Hochenauer
The state's current severe budget crisis could finally force legislators and other public officials this year to address Oklahoma's burgeoning correctional system.Oklahoma is the only state in the cou...

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Ron Black
They are good enough, they are smart enough, and gosh-darn it "¦ people like them!It's the new breed, the new face of my beloved Republican Party, and they are ready to lead us into battle against the ...

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Jack Willis
Trying to access the Cherokee County sheriff's booking records years ago suddenly became a problem for the newspaper. Reporters couldn't do their jobs, and the public didn't know who the sheriff was p...

Commentary
Keith Gaddie
Jan. 1, 2010: 31,000 University of Oklahoma football fans show up at the El Paso International Airport asking for their charter to Los Angeles. Sun Bowl promoters sold out the game by telling Sooners ...

Commentary
Kurt Hochenauer
Reducing poverty remains one of Oklahoma's greatest challenges in the early 21st century.Poverty, in the state's historical context, is systemic and has gut-wrenching realities, such as basic hunger. ...

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Phil G. Busey Sr. and Cal Hobson
As the national recession drags on, it has become abundantly clear that Oklahoma cannot avoid a financial disaster. Golden opportunities to invest in our future were lost when revenues were high. With...

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Scott Jones
At the 62nd annual Interfaith Thanks-giving Service held at Temple B'Nai Israel on Nov. 24, the featured speaker was Imad Enchassi, the imam of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City. This was t...