Commentary
Pam Fleischaker
Last month's primary elections were heavy with the usual rhetoric: smooth talk, trash talk, sweet talk, empty talk. Now God talk has been added to what was one of the most alienating elections we've h...

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Ron Black
I confess: I am a 42-year-old "Harry Potter" fan. My son is also a "Harry Potter" fan, but I am willing to admit that my appreciation for the J.K. Rowling series goes beyond paternal duty, and, like m...

Commentary
Vince Orza
Oklahoma's political system could use a makeover. Voter turnout continues to decline in the primary, runoffs and general elections. Party politics are changing as the Republicans gain membership and t...

Commentary
Pam Fleischaker
I live with a man who wants to make gas out of grass.   I live with a man who talks to himself and anyone who will listen about farmland, feedstock and fuel tanks.   I live with a man who has spent mo...

Commentary
Kurt Hochenauer
The lyrics of "Oklahoma Rising," the state's centennial anthem, are infested with clichés, insensitive to contributions made by American Indians to the state and filled with hokey banalities that shou...

Commentary
Vince Orza
2007 might be the ideal time to create a "MAPS for Oklahoma" program that painlessly generates the revenue we need to make our state a leader. Let's resolve to replace the income tax with alternative ...

Commentary
Keith Gaddie
Let's take one last look over the shoulder to examine the smoldering wreckage of the 2006 campaigns. Lessons loom for all of us who watch politics or who try to make a coin or two off of the misery of...

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Jason Reese
Well, it could have been a lot worse. But for the petulance of Sen. Nancy Riley, Republicans would have the first majority in Oklahoma's state Senate in history. In the House, the GOP lost one net sea...

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Robin Meyers
When Oklahoma Gazette readers pick up this issue, the results will all be in, and the voters who bother to vote will have spoken. My hunch is that however much the Democrats gain, the country will hav...

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Judith Murphy
Dear candidates: What if I promise to vote for you? Hey, what if I double-dog promise? (OK, some of you; my ballot will limit me to marking the box for just under half of all possible candidates. I di...