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Casinos Just Aren’t The Answer

Arnold Hamilton - September 9, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP The video for the Bruce Springsteen song Atlantic City opens with a scene of the grand Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel imploding into a pile of dust. That was almost 40 years ago. The Traymore Hotel and other grand hotels were leveled in much the same spectacular fashion. In their place rose glass boxes and […]

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Oklahoma’s Education Challenges

Arnold Hamilton - September 9, 2014 0

BY CLAUDIA SWISHER The last week in August – the 27th, to be precise – I sat down to reflect on the challenges facing Oklahoma...

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What’s On Your Ballot?

Arnold Hamilton - September 7, 2014 0

BY DAVID PERRYMAN The year 1975 marked a number of important events. Chrysler became the first automobile manufacturer to offer rebates. Construction began on the...

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The Enemy Of Our Enemy

Arnold Hamilton - September 4, 2014 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH The horrifying footage of the second beheading of an American journalist by ISIS, this time freelancer Steven Joel Sotloff, a 31-year-old from Florida who loved journalism, has again placed the president, and world leaders, in a terrible position. To be clear, the White House is studying the video. To be clear, no […]

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Celebs Nix Nude Pix: Whose Problem?

Arnold Hamilton - September 4, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP The FBI is looking into what millions of people are looking at: hacked photos of naked celebrities. Pictures from the formerly private collections of Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera and others are being posted for the world to see. We now hear that compromising pix of Kim Kardashian are also circulating. […]