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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Revolution!
BY SHARON MARTIN
According to Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Public Mind Poll, 44% of Republicans and 18% of Democrats think “armed revolution might be necessary in...
Legislative Snake Oil
BY DAVID PERRYMAN
Long before Cher sang Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves, a song about a girl who was “born in the wagon of a traveling...
Happy Birthday, Frosty!
The Oklahoma Observer family today celebrates Founding Editor Frosty Troy's 80th Birthday!
Those with tickets to tonight's Birthday Bash, featuring nationally syndicated columnist and best...
Prop 13: Message For Another Time
BY FROMA HARROP If the national tax revolt has bookends, the first bracket was placed 35 years ago this month. That’s when California voters passed Proposition 13, a law curbing tax increases. Of course, taxes have been a subject of complaint in this land for centuries. But the complaints were of a different nature. It […]
Competing For Last Place
BY SHARON MARTIN
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for high school dropouts in May 2013 was 12.4%. During the same...