Republican National Committee keeps pestering lifelong independent
Melania Trump got the message, I reckon. Now this lifelong registered independent is getting letters from Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee,...
Norman photos: ‘Hate has no home’ in my town
I tell my East Coast and West Coast friends that I live on a blue island in a red sea. That is the political...
The Bradford Pear needs to tone it down
The Bradford Pear tree has been in the news this spring, a lot. Just typing the name into Google results in pages and pages...
Oregon and Oklahoma: Similar issues, different details
Don't call this a travel blog, but my recent trip to Portland, Oregon, left me with a journalistic observation: Residents of the Beaver State...
Spring is for the opportunities, not the birds
Spring is here, and nice weather along with it. I've had a drastic change of heart toward the seasons recently, and I think it's...
During OKCPS transition, community should be patient
Now that Oklahoma City Public Schools' Pathway to Greatness transformation plan has been approved, I hope we can all take a deep breath, calm ourselves down...
Policy Pitch: Restore refundability of the EITC
In Oklahoma’s tax code, there are multiple tax breaks for high-income individuals and businesses. But just three tax credits are targeted at low-income Oklahomans,...
Editorial: SB 45 tried to address teacher sexual misconduct; it failed
Oklahoma has more than 500 independent school districts. If that seems like a lot, well, it is. Whatever action one district takes to address...
Snakes to green beer: St. Patrick’s Day makes no sense
Exactly how we went from snakes being driven out of Ireland to green beer, I'm not sure. Frankly, St. Patrick's Day makes no sense....
What if social media captured 1994 OU tepee vandalism?
The spring air still felt a little like winter as five Indigenous students of the University of Oklahoma slept inside a tepee during the early...
