Sundaze: Radiation realities kill fun of Mars fiction
After reading FiveThirtyEight.com's series on Mars this past week, I'm beginning to wonder how much fun Matt Damon could've really had on the red...
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The ‘Machete Order’ for X-Men: One fan’s guide
It’s hard to imagine another franchise whose filmography is as intimidating to newcomers as Star Wars. So, in 2011, blogger Rod Hilton devised a...
‘My family was too poor to afford deodorant’
TISHOMINGO, Oklahoma — Sweat stains darkened the fabric of my shirt, stretching from the seam of my sleeve down to my upper waist. A...
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School choice forum: OCPA president spouts post-truths
The Oklahoma Watch-Out: School Choice edition on Feb. 28 came to an angry conclusion (see video above) after Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs' Jonathan Small presented...
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Parky McParkface? OKC asks you to name MAPS 3 park
(Update: The six finalists for the MAPS 3 park name have been announced. Citizens can vote here.)
In a refreshing turn of crowd-sourced civic improvement,...
Private vo-tech schools can offer students dubious value
What thought comes to mind when someone tells you they went to Harvard? How about the University of Oklahoma? Or Oklahoma State University? Or...
Exposure: The difference between engineers, criminals
I came home the other day and found a space station sitting on my living room floor. My wife informed me that our son...
Gov. Fallin’s tax plan deserves an I, for incomplete
When Gov. Mary Fallin delivered her annual State of the State address to the Oklahoma Legislature on Feb. 6, the topic on everyone’s mind was...
Mediator: HB 1277 would punish divorcing couples
Some observers of our current system have said that we live in a disposable society in which too many people think of marriage as...
Confederate flag rally touts heritage, ignores reality
SHAWNEE, Oklahoma — I have more than a half-dozen direct ancestors who lived in Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi and fought for the South....
