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On May 31st, Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed two bills that would have extended tax compacts with tribal governments. He did the right thing, not just to protect state taxpayers from a possible revenue grab by the tribes’ tax collectors, but also to defend some basic principles of American government.
Read moreFor years, Oklahoma has ranked among the worst states in measurements of important education metrics, particularly outcomes.
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(A column of opinion by Gary Reid, Publisher Emeritus)
Read moreThe University of Oklahoma has spent more than $1 million investigating claims of bogus financial reports and sexual harassment by David Boren, its former president who stepped down in 2018, but continues to stonewall efforts to make the findings public.
Read moreIf you’re a country music fan, like me, you’ve no doubt heard the song, “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off”. Well, my wife doesn’t like Tequila but white wine does make our VISA card run hot.
Read moreBy Hans von Spakovsky / @HvonSpakovsky) [ Hans von Spakovsky is a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, a former commissioner on the Federal Election Commission, and former counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. He is a member of the board of the Public Interest Legal Foundation.]
Read more“Hate and antigovernment groups make up the extreme edge of America’s hard right, an inherently antidemocratic movement that rejects pluralism and equity,” the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) report states. “The movement instead strives to build a society dominated by hierarchy, where people whom far rightists deem lesser or threatening–women, Black and Brown people, LGBTQ people, non-Christians and others–are socially and politically subjugated. The hard right has the advantage of building on already existing structural white supremacy, as well as its persistent and regular manifestations in everyday life and in politics.”
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