BY RICHARD L. FRICKER The opening of the Oklahoma Legislature kicks off the yearly buffoon competition wherein various legislators vie for the opportunity to portray...

BY FROMA HARROP Oh, it’s another sun-blessed, balmy day in Palm Beach County. Were it not for the foreclosures, collapse in tourism and Madoff scandal, all would seem perfect. Did I mention retailing? Dior on Worth Avenue vanished the day after Christmas. The Macy’s at the Palm Beach Mall closed several weeks later. Some distress […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Bankers have never been much loved, but gollies, this Wall Street bunch seems hell-bent on being loathed. As a consequence of their avaricious grab for outrageous personal enrichment during the past decade, these arrogant titans of financial gimmickry have caused a vast economic collapse that is presently costing million of Americans their […]

BY JOE CONASON Mythology is overshadowing history in the debate over President Barack Obama’s plan to stimulate the depressed economy. Excessive airtime is devoted to the prejudices of cable hosts and radio personalities who regurgitate ideas they barely understand [and who haven’t entertained an original thought since the Reagan era]. Urgent action that could prevent […]

BY KAREN WEBB They had Sen. Jim Inhofe on the local CBS affiliate. He needs to be put in Gitmo. According to him it is...