Book review: ‘Addicted to Reform’ explains teacher shortages
It couldn’t have been financial hardships that drove teaching talent out of our state. After all, reports of state budget cuts are just fake...
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End of Cassini mission closes ’13 incredible years’ exploring Saturn
To conclude a 13-year assignment, the Cassini exploratory satellite plunged into Saturn on Sept. 15, completing its fifth and final mission around the Jovian...
Normalization of swastikas poses troubling trend
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Here’s the thing about swastikas: They’re easy to draw. The simplest of minds can hammer one out in a matter...
Oklahoma County Jail suffers from ‘Groundhog Day’ scenario
In the movie Groundhog Day, self-absorbed TV weatherman Phil Conner keeps reliving the same day over and over without consequences. “What would you do...
Move it, move on: ECU’s public cross in an age of austerity
This year, Oklahoma earned another shameful distinction as the national leader in cuts to higher education. The Legislature’s latest corporate-sponsored shortfall continued a five-year...
Silenced Cries: A poem on the Tulsa Race Riot
Silenced Cries
by James Coburn
I don’t remember the terror in Greenwood.
I wasn’t there. Never was it taught to me in history books.
1921 burning of the...
OIPA: GPT raise would hurt ‘access to capital’ and jobs
In a third-floor conference room at the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association's headquarters, OIPA president Tim Wigley listened Monday as two oil and gas executives...
Editorial: 67 percent support for GPT hike means #okleg should listen
A new poll commissioned by a group of longtime Oklahoma oil and gas executives says two-thirds of the voting public wants to eliminate the...
Bodega box concept a supposed threat to mom-and-pop stores
With creators of the Bodega box apologizing for upsetting people, Mike Allen laughs at the notion it will kill mom-and-pop stores.
Do you find the...
AP classes, tests enjoy ‘a prestige beyond merits’
Alina Tugend’s article in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Who Benefits from the Expansion of AP Classes?, explains why advanced placement (AP) controversies are...
