Historical and rhetorical: A conversation with Ryan Walters about ‘woke’
One week before Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters told a legislative committee that he considers teacher unions to be a "terrorist organization," NonDoc...
Oakdale Public School parents, faculty concerned by 655-home development proposal
(Update: The OKC City Council voted to deny PUD-1930 by a 3-3 vote Tuesday, May 9. OKC Mayor David Holt and Councilman Mark Stonecipher...
Roundup: OK Supreme Court rules in custody case, Stitt vetoes rankle tribal leaders
(Update: On Thursday, May 25, the House of Representatives and the Senate voted to override Gov. Kevin Stitt's vetoes of SB 429, which allows...
Free dental, vision, medical care in Tulsa on May 6-7
Over the years, I have written a few short posts to alert the public about Remote Area Medical events, and I am doing so...
OK County looks at former St. Anthony building for mental health facility
Oklahoma County is considering whether to purchase the old St. Anthony South building at 2129 S.W. 59th St. for use as a mental health...
Selecting site, architect for Oklahoma County’s new jail largely falls to seven people
During his career, developer Steve Mason has been involved in more than a few projects in Oklahoma City, including the Yale Theater, which he...
House passes school choice tax credit bill, holds it from governor for leverage with Senate
In their first chess move since the Oklahoma State Senate decoupled the Legislature's education funding package from its proposed private school and homeschool tax...
‘Air this out’: Ryan Walters roils House committee, says unions are ‘terrorist organizations’
In a conference room packed with legislators, journalists, school district administrators, top aides of the State Department of Education and members of the public...
RTA wants to put commuter rail project before Oklahoma City, Edmond and Norman voters
The Regional Transportation Authority of Central Oklahoma would like to bring a ballot referendum before Oklahoma City, Edmond and Norman voters in either fall...
Learning of life and death in the newspaper industry
Your editor has asked me to write something about having been a journalist in days of yore when print was king and computers were...


















