This Thanksgiving families might find a healthy dose of politics, religion and other divisive issues on the menu.
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Chicken-Fried News: A better way to kill
Oklahoma lawmakers are researching and debating alternative ways of doling out capital punishment.
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Nothing unexpected in only debate of governor’s race
In the only debate between Rep. Joe Dorman and Gov. Mary Fallin, Oklahoma’s candidates for governor looked to gain an upper hand.
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BLOG: At least one debate scheduled between Dorman and Fallin
Rep. Joe Dorman and Gov. Mary Fallin will debate on Oct. 2, one month before the gubernatorial election.
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LIFE
The University of Central Oklahoma’s American Democracy Project will host a debate over the death penalty, with a banquet to follow. Debaters will cover topics like the Oklahoma Justice Commission’s call for reforms to the criminal justice system, the public’s perceived legitimacy of the reforms and the abolition of the death penalty. The banquet will […]
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Debating the debates
Case in point: Three-term Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett chose not to participate in a forum on Feb. 17 with his three opponents. It was organized by the Black Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Oklahoma City and community members at Fairview Missionary Baptist Church, 1700 NE Seventh St. About 100 people attended. It was the […]
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Mayoral candidate denied access speak at City Council meeting
Nelson, 76, addresses the council regularly during the public comments section of the council agenda. Since filing for office, Nelson has been told twice he could not make any remarks to the council unless they involved an agenda item. Dilapidated buildings and abandoned structures are routinely considered by the council. In a letter to Oklahoma […]
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OKC mayor to appear on State of the Union PBS special
Co-anchors Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill will host live political analysis from Mark Shields and David Brooks as Obama addresses a joint session of congress and the Republican response from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Show analysts include syndicated columnist Shields and New York Times columnist Brooks with panelists Cornett; Scott Smith (R), Mesa, Ariz.; Marilyn […]
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Tit for tat
But then you’d be wrong. For the fourth time in six years, a debate team from the University of Oklahoma has won the national university debate championship. The latest to do so, OU senior R.J. Giglio and freshman Chris Leonardi, came out on top last week from a field of 167 two-person teams competing in […]
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Design unintelligent
Let’s look at Lake Yellowstone and a diatom species, for an example: All over the world, a diatom known as S. niagara can be found. However, if one takes a close look at the sediments of Lake Yellowstone beginning about 14,000 years back, one can see S. niagarae transform into S. yellowstonensis within 4,000 years […]