Up The Down Staircase

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN Sylvia Barrett, an idealistic first-year English teacher at inner-city Calvin Coolidge High School, set out to instill in her students an appreciation...

Fallin, OK Pols vs. Immigrant Kids

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BY RICHARD L. FRICKER Watching Gov. Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma congressional delegation’s assorted buffoonery, I am reminded of my friend Eve who once observed,...

Post Office Blues

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BY SHARON MARTIN The rebel leaders of the American Revolution created a national post office in July of 1775, eight years before the revolution ended. In...

Oklahoma Education Drama Has National Implications

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BY JOHN THOMPSON The Oklahoma State Department of Education annual Vision 2020 conference opened recently as Secretary of Education Robert Sommers announced his resignation. Sommers was a...

Listen Carefully

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BY DON NELSON I have heard from more than one person that they want nothing to do with politics because all politicians have their own...