To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Sorry, Chicken Little – Oklahoma’s Pension Sky Isn’t Falling
BY JOHN R. WOOD
"Oklahoma faces a pension crisis," said House Speaker Jeff Hickman, R-Fairview, regarding the estimated $11.5 billion dollars the state owes its...
It Doesn’t Pass The Smell Test
BY RICHARD L. FRICKER The 43-minute death struggle of Clayton Lockett is now Oklahoma history, a story still unfolding. Lockett, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and Attorney General Scott Pruitt bring to mind Stephen Glass, the New Republic magazine writer, who was discredited in 1998 when it was discovered he fabricated his sources. Glass fell from grace when Forbes magazine began checking his sources only to find they didn’t exist. He later admitted fabricating everything, in […]
Who Are Our Third Graders Being Held Back?
BY JOHN THOMPSON
Who are the nearly 8,000 Oklahoma 3rd graders who failed Oklahoma's high-stakes reading test?
Democratic House Minority Leader Scott Inman notes that 16%...
The Failure Of Extremism
BY VERN TURNER
For the last few years, world politics has been fraught with extremists pulling and tugging at one another for some sort of...
Oklahoma’s Real MVPs
BY DAVID PERRYMAN
On May 1, the Oklahoman declared Kevin Durant “Mr. Unreliable.” Exactly one week later, on May 8, the NBA announced to the...