An Okie abroad: Oklahoma needs passenger trains
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — If I told you I had one simple and guaranteed method for reducing the OKC metro's traffic congestion, traffic accidents, traffic...
Why I’m a conservative Republican
I am a conservative Republican, but I’m not who you think I am.
I didn’t grow up in a heated political climate. I began to...
With Jesus born, Mary would have been uninsured in OK
(Editor’s Note: Vital Conversations is a running series of commentaries from various faith leaders. The series is sponsored by Phillips Theological Seminary, though contributions...
‘Tis the season for giving, but we’re being selfish
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I...
A poem on Holtzclaw: ‘For Pseudo-Gardeners’
(Editor's note: The following poem was written prior to the verdict in the Daniel Holtzclaw trial.)
For Pseudo-Gardeners
by Candace Liger
You may see a plant with...
Sunday Funday: Don’t fear the weeper
Don't Fear The Weeper
by Derek Baruch Von Geiger
Cry, young man.
Cry, old man.
Cry in between.
Cry when you can.
Don't become mean,
Mean as in base,
Or you may...
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Hillary Clinton calls for Medicaid expansion at Tulsa rally
TULSA — Hillary Clinton told an energetic Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame crowd on Friday that the state of Oklahoma should expand Medicaid to...
Chilling, historical poetry: Oklahoma lynching
(Editor's Note: The following poem is from author James Coburn's book, Words of Rain.)
Oklahoma Lynching
by James Coburn
Mosquitoes tasted blood of white men
Standing shoulder-to-shoulder across...
Jim Thompson wrote ‘hard-boiled existential noir’
Imagine it is the early 1950s, and you are preparing to board a Greyhound for a three-hour trip. You need something to help pass...
Fed up with feminism, ready to be a human being
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — I am done with feminism.
Done. Done. Done.
And now that I’m technically working for “free” until 2016 thanks to the...
