BY JIM HIGHTOWER Goldman Sachs churns out enormous profits from its high-rolling, casino investment schemes, while also churning out fat paychecks for its top executives. They literally sack up the gold, even as their speculative gambles have wreaked havoc on our real economy. But, finally recognizing that their public approval rating has sunk lower than […]

BY DAVID PERRYMAN It was Sept. 2, 1945 and each of the 280 Allied warships that had accompanied the USS Missouri into Tokyo Bay for...

BY JOHN THOMPSON Since education is torn by such a bitter civil war, I must start with a disclaimer about my position on Teach for...

BY SHARON MARTIN I love my school. Kids are greeted with smiles and by name. Teachers work together, all of us responsible for every student....

Observer editor Arnold Hamilton, left, and longtime Observer contributor Richard Fricker discuss Gov. Mary Fallin's bizarre week -- her bullying of educators who dare...