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The new year has seen much wailing and gnashing of teeth in Oklahoma. On Jan. 3, twenty-year-old college freshman Caleb Williams announced that he was entering the NCAA’s transfer portal, which could see the young quarterback leave the University
Read moreFor more than 60 years, I have remembered a historical tidbit about the Inca civilization of South America. I might have picked it up reading Realm of the Incas by Victor W. von Hagen. That was one of three books published
Read moreThere has been much political gnashing of teeth since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that much of eastern Oklahoma is under tribal/federal legal jurisdiction. At issue is tribal sovereignty to handle criminal cases committed on Indian land.
Read moreBy Jim Holland A pharmacist here in town wrote letters to his state senator and state representative. He complained about a then new mandate—child-proof caps on drug containers. His phone rang. Both legislators began their call, “I feel like the boy
Read moreNearly 100 years ago, John Dewey indentified “the serious and fundamental defect of our civilization” as “materialism, our devotion to money making.” Along with the corollary of “having a good time,” these conditions are “controlled by interest in private
Read moreIn early May, The Netherlands announced the return of seven archaeological objects to Iraq. In April, the Associated Press reported: “Italian police say they have recovered a 1st century Roman statue that was stolen from an archaeological site
Read moreIn the great GOPQ tradition of attacking non-existent problems in order to stigmatize minorities and encourage bigotry, the (not-so-)OK House is pushing the Save Women’s Sports Act, which would ban transgender students from participating in girls/women’s sports from kindergarten (got
Read moreIt was not Mark Twain, but his pal Charles Dudley Warner, who observed, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Well, that old editor of The Hartford Courant never met Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. After declaring a State
Read moreAs a sycophantic fan of our twice-impeached former president, it is no surprise that Gov. Kevin Stitt keeps acting as if he alone represents the people of Oklahoma. Having just been knocked down in the State Supreme Court for illegally
Read moreOne of the more inane choruses in the Republican’s repertory is their promise to “run government like a business.” This ignores the very basic distinction between businesses and governments. The goal of any business is to make money. Governments are
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