Too fast or too slow? Criminal justice reform 50 years in making
To understand the scope of the crisis Oklahoma faces because we lead the nation — and the world — in incarceration, consider this: If Oklahoma...
A flood of news from Norman
(Editor's note: Cartoonist Mike Allen was a little busy being awesome this weekend, so your friendly editor in chief, Tres Savage, stepped in to...
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...
