Commentary
Scott Jones
On Aug. 25, Joe Quigley, an Oklahoma City Public Schools teacher, was reinstated. Oklahoma County District Judge Barbara Swinton ruled that he had been wrongfully terminated. Quigley has been prom...

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Jack Willis
Back when I was a babe in the woods, the Oklahoma Press Association asked a few of us jour­nalism professors to visit the state's newsrooms. We offered help " if the editor wanted it, of course. It...

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Vince Orza
At a time when many Americans are mad at big business, perhaps it's time to take a step back and get a longer view of what made our nation the only superpower on earth.  Capitalism is now a dirty ...

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Kyle Loveless
Consider this: $18 million for a Rocketplane that never took off; $27 million for Great Plains Airlines that went bankrupt. Where is the outrage? Where is the oversight? Regardless of what par...

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Kurt Hochenauer
Bricktown continues to thrive, especially with the arrival of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, and new housing development in downtown around the Deep Deuce area foreshadows a bright future for the in...

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Bill Bleakley
It's been a long wait for things to change in the city schools. After desegregation's "white flight" devastated the district 40 years ago, many citizens have toiled through the years to rebuild the di...

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Jack Willis
I always enjoy checking the mail. I'm a retired kind of guy. Strolling to the mailbox often highlights my day. I even like junk mail. I always think someone's going to send me something important. (Th...

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Scott Jones
The mother of one of my congregants recently died of cancer. When the cancer was discovered, it had progressed to the point of being untreatable. She had been in pain for a while, but like many folk, ...

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Kurt Hochenauer
Any discussion over what to do about Oklahoma's high incarceration rates must begin with the general acknowledgment the so-called "war on drugs" has been a failure here and across the country. Nati...

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Kyle D. Loveless
Unemployment at 25 percent, businesses going broke, banks not able to cash paychecks, farm prices plummeting to half of what they were the year before, foreclosures at an all time high " it was the Gr...

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Tyler Branson
As term limits officially prevent Gov. Brad Henry from running again in 2010, Republicans are now poised to seize the gubernatorial position in addition to controlling the Legislature, tightening the ...

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Chris Smith
It has been said that it takes a village to raise a child, and studies have continually shown real benefits to children brought up in a household with both a mother and father present. Yet Oklahoma la...

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Scott Jones
At the risk of being proven wrong like our former vice president, I think the right-wing insurgency in Oklahoma is in its last throes, as evidenced by the absurd political theatre of the "Proclamation...

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Keith Gaddie
Driving down the highway, I engage in a sorting and shuffling exercise. I review concerns, irritations, hopes, priorities and projects in order to decide where to put energy and assets. The powers tha...

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Jack Willis
Is it just me, or does the media sometimes scare the pants off you? Chicken Little comes to mind. One media outlet's coverage may not be overkill, but stir the mainstream together, add a cup of In...