Growing pains: MAPS 3 and walkability
Friday night, I was struck at how difficult walking around downtown OKC is at the present time. The streetcar was one of the main reasons I...
The Lie and two other poems from James Coburn
The Lie
by James Coburn
Red clashes.
Silence ignores menace.
Blood spatters
Running down canvas
About to fall flat.
Dark angel sanctifies vainglorious
Cause primed by humans.
Portraits fall.
Parasites swarm innocence.
The last blink...
Placemaking crucial to success of Innovation District
A report on Oklahoma City's Innovation District released Tuesday by the Brookings Institute and Project for Public Spaces presents a doable vision the for northeast...
420: No longer just for stoners as weed politics grow
Merry Spliffmas and Happy Chronukah, y'all!
Each year, April 20 stands as a sort of marijuana-appreciation day, mainly because the numerical date of 4-20 corresponds...
Five uses for $40k that are better than special elections
Oklahomans will be gifted the chance to send some new faces to the Capitol in some upcoming special elections.
On one hand, I'm happy that garbage...
Letter: Okie Democrats do well once voters have facts
To the editors:
If you’ve heard that the Oklahoma Democratic Party is on the way out in Oklahoma, let’s review Democrats’ success in special elections...
Editorial: How many third-graders would Jesus suspend?
Our Monday editorials are written on Sunday. Hence, this examination of SB 81Â was crafted on Easter.
That bill (embedded below), authored by Sen. Ron Sharp...
Poetry: Starry night of the great fire & The final seder
Starry Night of the Great Fire
by Derek Geiger
Chattel ride a ferrous horse
Off to their ash-filled commune
To forge axes for the norse
As they march to...
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Senate’s archaic procedure of cloture should be killed
Remember the old pasta sauce commercial that had lots of people asking if a certain popular sauce contained specific spices and specialty items? The tagline...
People are strange: NYT columns reveal Tulsans’ duality
Nick Kristof and David Kirp had two noteworthy commentaries about Tulsa published in The New York Times on April 1. Although neither was a joke, their...
