Kyle Loveless

Nuke LaLoosh, Crash Davis, and the sultry Annie Savoy tore up the minor leagues in the movie “Bull Durham.” The story of baseball players traveling from town to town in a dilapidated bus, trying to make the big leagues ” the ultimate goal for aspiring minor league ball players ” is an apt analogy for […]

Spend any time around Oklahoma County politics, and Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel can make a clear case on why a new county jail is needed. The jail, according to Whetsel, is the state’s largest mental health facility, the state’s largest restaurant and the largest hotel (in a matter of speaking). However, two central questions […]

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? Which politician should switch parties? “Biggest waste of time legislation: Usually, most “commemorative” legislation honors folks like The Flaming […]

Hysteria is coming this November, and every vote is precious. Get ready to hear from the candidates how very important this election is and how both the republic’s and the great state of Oklahoma’s future is in their hands. Yet, I must ask: Why don’t more people actually vote in the elections that touch their […]

Just a few years ago, St. Anthony Hospital was considering moving from its current Midtown location to a spot in far south Oklahoma City. City and county officials all came to the forefront and rallied around promised Midtown improvements to make sure St. Anthony stayed on N.W. 10th Street. By the ferocity and rhetoric, you […]

There is a political storm coming, and the Democrats of this state have no storm shelter. Hurricane Obama is sweeping across these plains, and Oklahoma Republicans can’t wait until November. Obama is an unpopular president in this state, and the Democrats have no major candidates on the federal or statewide level. The national Democrats are […]

Imagine, 10 years from now, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center announces it has discovered a cure for diabetes. A few years later, Oklahoma State University has discovered a switchgrass fuel that is a marketable, renewable and more cost-effective than ethanol and abundant throughout the world. How do we get there? Focus, commitment and […]

Imagine, 10 years from now, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center announces it has discovered a cure for diabetes. A few years later, Oklahoma State University has discovered a switchgrass fuel that is a marketable, renewable and more cost-effective than ethanol and abundant throughout the world. How do we get there? Focus, commitment and […]

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 party is in control, wasteful projects are not using our money for its intended purpose, and needed services are cut because we have a […]

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 party is in control, wasteful projects are not using our money for its intended purpose, and needed services are cut because we have a […]