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BY RICHARD L. FRICKER It’s hard to describe the warm glow that emerges when a freshman Congressman slits his own political throat before his first...

BY VERN TURNER For the two months since the dreadful tragedy in Newtown, CT I’ve resisted writing any formal pieces discussing the issue of guns....

BY SHARON MARTIN The shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton in Chicago can’t be characterized as anything but a tragedy. Here was a young prep school...

BY CAL HOBSON Just when you think Gov. Mary Fallin and legislative leaders couldn't top last year's display of fiscal and health policy ignorance when...

BY ARNOLD HAMILTON For political junkies, the annual State of the State message and unveiling of the governor’s proposed budget are grand theater. There’s an extra...