Commentary

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 word. No doubt there’s a role for government to play in our economy. We want our […]

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 […]

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 was a time when anonymous columns ” because they were so well read ” were popping up in […]

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 inner city. But there’s more to be accomplished. The Northeast 23rd Street Corridor Plan, if fully implemented, would improve a historic section of the […]

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 inner city. But there’s more to be accomplished. The Northeast 23rd Street Corridor Plan, if fully implemented, would improve a historic section of the […]

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 district. Nearly a decade ago, MAPS for Kids was organized, generating close to a billion dollars to rebuild the district’s aging infrastructure, […]

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 district. Nearly a decade ago, MAPS for Kids was organized, generating close to a billion dollars to rebuild the district’s aging infrastructure, […]

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. (They rarely do.) On a recent trip out front, a letter from Cancer Care Associates in Oklahoma City caught my […]

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. (They rarely do.) On a recent trip out front, a letter from Cancer Care Associates in Oklahoma City caught my […]

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, just toughed it out. She didn’t go to a physician just to see what might be the problem […]