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Vince Orza
The Art Buchwald quote too many cannot read or write, but they can multiply, sums up some of Oklahoma's education situation. In spite of years of work and signs of progress to improve our public schoo...

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Bill Bleakley
There's no time like the present to abolish the office of state auditor and inspector. It's one of those obsolete state offices created 100 years ago that should have been eliminated when the offices ...

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Kurt Hochenauer
It's time Oklahomans pay attention to how money has polluted the state's political systems.   What many Oklahomans, no matter their political affiliation, may well conclude after...

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Pam Fleischaker
The current state legislative session has been a good civics lesson, reminding us that our democracy exists only if we participate in it.   Senate Bill 714, a bill that is bad fo...

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Robin Meyers
In the late Seventies, when I was still in seminary, William Sloane Coffin Jr. came to Enid to deliver the J. Clyde Wheeler Lecture. The former chaplain at YaleUniversity and minister of The Riverside...

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Ron Black
America has a love-hate relationship with media. We complain about the lack of substantive programming, the bias of news reporting and the media fascination with Lindsay Loha...

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Vince Orza
At a time when Tulsa and Oklahoma City are enjoying an economic renaissance, the state's business climate and reputation took a blow to the head, thanks to a tort-reform veto by the governor. What cou...

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Kurt Hochenauer
Why not establish a public university in the Bricktown area of Oklahoma City?   This university would secure the financial viability of the entertainment area, offer conveniently...

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Keith Gaddie
The 51st Oklahoma Legislature has completed its 2007 session. This historic session, which featured a tied Senate, a Republican House and an unfettered governor, will be remembered for a variety of re...

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Jason Reese
The economy is booming, but why does the middle class feel so squeezed? For parents, the soaring cost of higher education is an ever-present concern, and each of us is stunned by the price at the pump...