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Vince Orza
Send them all back, let them stay, amnesty, prison, give them driver's licenses or don't, build a wall "¦ this is about as deep as the discussion on illegal immigration gets. Politicians have managed t...

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Vince Orza
I sat down to write a list of famous and distinguished people who have ties to Oklahoma. The list turned out to be too long to print.   The state has been a leader in energy for more than a cen...

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Keith Gaddie
The Metropolitan Area Projects tax " or MAPS " passed in 1993, and the consequences are all around us: new stadiums including the $92 million Ford Center, a new library, a revitalized downtown, a tour...

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Judith Murphy
If you live in Oklahoma City, you owe Mick Cornett two pounds.   This isn't a new MAPS tax in British currency. It's more like a voluntary "FATS tax," on behalf of the mayor's "This City Is Goi...

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Robin Meyers
The year was 1931, and Oklahoma City University was about to make history in a way long forgotten " until now. Wiley College of Marshall, Texas, a small black liberal arts college established by the U...

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Laura Boyd
One can only wonder about the course of the many promises grabbing headlines now. In these days prior to Monday, the start of this session of the Legislature, platforms, caucus agendas and leadership ...

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Kurt Hochenauer
Oklahoma's reputation as a state dominated by good ol' boy politics and corruption lives on in the 21st century. This reputation is rooted in the state's historical legacy of corruption.   This...

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Ron Black
She arrives in her smart blue dress with sensible shoes, her face adorned with glasses created to provide an increased sense of credibility. Her British accent is disarming at first, but when she roll...

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Jason Reese
This column will appear more than a week after Super Tuesday, when Oklahomans voted for president in a closed primary. I am glad my preferred candidate (John McCain) won, if for no other reason than b...

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Robin Meyers
The wisdom of the "Tao Te Ching" captures the chaos and the energy of this remarkable political season: When you think you know, that is when you do not know. But when you know that you do not know, t...