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Global Pandemics: Not If, But When

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BY RALPH NADER The deadly influenza virus H7N9 was first detected in China this March. “When we look at influenza viruses, this is an unusually...

Democracy’s Death Dance With Capitalism

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BY VERN TURNER There are two quotes, one anonymous and the other from the great economist John Maynard Keynes, that play the music for this...

A ‘Close Reading’ Of HB 1035

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BY CLAUDIA SWISHER Close reading ... we hear a lot about that in the Common Core Standards written by David Coleman. We've seen examples of...

Mother Love

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH My daughter was born on Mother’s Day, 23 years ago. It was the happiest day of my life – matched only, almost three years later, by the birth of my son. I had never felt such love before. Hooray for Hallmark. Years passed. My own mother died. My daughter went off to […]

Thank You, Bryant Baker, For Our Territorial Mom

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN Gazing intently to the southwest with her chin held high, Oklahoma’s Pioneer Woman statute stands as a symbol of courage, faith and...