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Jason Reese
I have to say I was a bit nervous. As I was packing to join the rest of the Oklahoma delegation in the Twin Cities, I wondered what the effect of Sen. John McCain's vice presidential pick would be. Jo...

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Mark Hanebutt
Now the Senate is likely to put the bill on its calendar again this month, but its future remains uncertain. And even if it can pass the Senate, the Bush administration might veto it over national sec...

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Kurt Hochenauer
The Oklahoma conservative bastion and corporate media can attempt to rationalize it, but state government continues to inadequately fund public education. This has caused incalculable harm through t...

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Ron Black
Mason was, and is, very much like every other 12-year-old. He thinks Tony Hawk invented the Internet, that PlayStation is a portal to another dimension and that his parents were created by God for the...

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Robin Meyers
I never thought I would agree with Tom Coburn or Jim Inhofe on anything, but this is a bailout, not a rescue. It should come as no surprise that the same crowd that rushed us to war over nonexistent w...

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Jason Reese
More than anything else, governing is about setting priorities. Oklahoma Republicans got it right in the past few years when we started pushing the state government to "Fund Education First." We recog...

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Vince Orza
As America and the world struggle with an economy sliding toward recession, the threat of an awakening Russian bear and an expanding list of economic competitors, it's important for Oklahoma to have a...

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Laura Boyd
Oklahoma City, and many other regional communities recently opened our doors to victims of hurricanes Gustav and Ike. We are all proud of the continued, reliable, gracious generosity of our citizens, ...

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Kurt Hochenauer
What if the Oklahoma City area becomes even more politically and culturally conservative in the next few years? According to a story in the Tulsa World, population trends show Oklahoma's fastest-grow...

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Judith Murphy
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That's the motto for Norman officials and residents who want a new and bigger public library. Last May, a $49.5 million bond issue for a new facility w...