To Comfort The Afflicted
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In Pawnee, Follow The Money?

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BY RICHARD L. FRICKER What do Chris Linder and Al Gore have in common? Both were deprived of the office to which they were elected....

Nothing Merry About Old King Coal

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER If some predator were stalking fourth-graders in your community, there’d be a mighty uproar to make the predator get away and stay away from your schools. But what if the stalker is the coal industry, dressed in an academic outfit in order to get into fourth-grade classrooms and brainwash the kids? Unbeknownst […]

The [Political] Rules

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH “The Rules” urged women trying to hook a man to play “hard to get.” As insulting, dehumanizing and childish as the rules might have been [for instance, say no if he doesn’t call by Wednesday for the weekend], there’s plenty of anecdotal evidence [not to mention the sales figures for the book] […]

Capitol Of The United States Of Non Sequitor

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BY ROBIN MEYERS Editor’s Note: This speech was given as the keynote address at the Oklahoma Democratic Party’s 2011 Carl Albert Awards Dinner, held May...