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Do not fault Oklahoma State Supt. Ryan Walters’s competence. His past disservice as the governor’s education czar and his campaign for office told us that his goal was to destroy public education in Oklahoma. With the state ranked
Read moreSometime news breaks so fast that a columnist can’t keep up with the surge. As editor of the Borger News-Herald in the late nineties, I could slip in three bits of wisdom of week – and throw in an
Read moreIt was bound to happen, with Oklahoma State School Supt. Ryan Walters trying to turn public schools into proselytizing Christian missions. One of the first assignments by a teacher in Skiatook was a thinly veiled catechism of Christian beliefs.
Read moreWe can take heart that most members of the Oklahoma Supreme Court exhibit basic reading comprehension skills. On June 25, our top jurists ruled that the push by Gov. Kevin Stitt and State Supt. Ryan Walters to fund
Read moreBy singling out female athletes, the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association has shown that double standards are alive in well in Oklahoma. Earlier this month Oklahoma City’s KFOR-TV reported that the OSSAA had issued new forms for female
Read moreIt was the ol’ lexicographer Samuel Johnson who, condemning the tactics of the Elder Pitt, observed, “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” He was not condemning the true love of one’s country, but hucksters who wrap
Read moreIf Oklahoma City airport officials have their way, Oklahoma’s favorite son will soon be jettisoned into the Sunset. Yes, airport bureaucrats trying to justify their salaries and media experts paid with public funds have decided to “rebrand” Will
Read moreLast week the Department of Education announced that it will investigate claims that Owasso schools failed to protect students from bullying based upon their sexual orientations. That is the US Dept. of Ed, of course, not Oklahoma’s. State Supt.
Read moreSix or seven lifetimes ago, a young co-worker was telling me about her boyfriend. I complimented the wisdom of her choice as soon as she told me he wanted to be a writer, but was amused when she said
Read moreOn Jan. 16, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt – who never met a publicity ploy that he didn’t embrace – called for a special session of the Oklahoma Legislature to begin on Jan. 29. This emergency, got-to-have-it-now confab would deal
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