Columns & Opinions

Russian deadenders try for comeback

Sep 12, 2020

The Trump-Russia investigation effectively ended on July 24, 2019, the day special counsel Robert Mueller testified on Capitol Hill. Mueller's halting presentation of his 400-plus-page report troubled both Republicans and Democrats. But of greater concern was this fact: After two years of investigating, with all the powers of law enforcement at his command, Mueller failed to establish that Russia and the Trump campaign conspired to fix the 2016 election. It was the central allegation the special counsel was hired to investigate, and he could not establish that it ever took place.

My husband thinks I go overboard with the flowers

Sep 12, 2020

Yesterday, I bought gladiolas. They are nearly 3 feet tall and bright fuchsia. It is safe to say they are the most exciting thing to appear at my desk in ages.

The return of jazz

Sep 10, 2020

Clinton High School jazz band member Garrett Rivas practices the mixolydian, dorian, and blue scale on his bass on the first day of jazz rehearsal.

Art and music in one

Sep 10, 2020

Triston Yeager, 8, works with professional colored pencils that are made of beeswax. His drawing of the moment displays a skull to represent his favorite band.

Kiwanis members make difference in community

Sep 10, 2020

Kiwanis member Lori Veazey holds up a spray can in one hand in order to mark the holes where the American flags would go along the Frisco sidewalk.

Redistricting will always be political

Sep 05, 2020

Last month an initiative petition was filed seeking to take redistricting away from the Oklahoma Legislature and put it in the hands of a committee it would select. If enough signatures are collected, the question would eventually be put on a statewide ballot for voters to consider.

Less than one month to be counted

Sep 05, 2020

We have until the end of the month to get as many Oklahomans counted in the U.S. Census as possible. Our participation rate will determine the percentage of certain federal funds Oklahoma receives over the next 10 years, and we’ve fallen to 41 in the nation in participation.