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Dear Oklahoma, It Gets Better
Today, I would like to speak directly and briefly to the all the young people in this city and around this great state who face bullying or harassment because you're gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender—or, really to any young person out there confronted with teasing or taunts because people think you're different... »
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For much too long now, I've listened to my friends, to my neighbors, to my classmates— to the people who call Oklahoma City their home— and I've heard their laments, their frustrations, and their cynicism regarding the state of the city and the politics that govern it. »
On Politics| From Oklahoma With Love, Dear President Obama…
I'm sorry, Mr. President, but the easiest way to make myself clear is to tell you a story. »
On Politics| The madness (a week in overheard conversations)
"Well, I wouldn't have been unusual at all if I would have found at least one kid with a wacky haircut, you know," laughs Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in the 2006 documentary "About a Son." »
On Politics| The Coronation of Mary Fallin
The alarm clock struck 6:30 a.m. on Friday and, by 7 a.m., I was en route from my Oklahoma City apartment to Washington, D.C. for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s “March to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.” After nearly 21 hours of continuous driving across seven states, I made it to the National Mall in... »
On Politics| The Suburbs Continued… (An Interview With Brittany Novotny)
Days before October arrived in the Sooner State, Oklahoma found itself atop yet another national "worst" list. »
On Politics| the miseducation of james cooper
My mother dropped out of school in the seventh grade. By 1958, she found herself fourteen and pregnant. Barely two years later, my mother married and began raising a family in the same small town where she grew up, the very thought of a college education the furthest thing from her mind. »
On Politics| The day after irony
For our discussion on irony and politics, let us turn to no less an authority than Larry the Cable Guy. »
On Politics| Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love Sen. Inhofe
It is against this backdrop that I sat down with Sen. Inhofe last week in a wide-ranging interview at The Daily O'Collegian on matters politics and policy, an Oklahoma liberal discussing the important matters of the day with the Senate's most conservative member. »
On Politics| FacebookSex/LoveSongs
Are we a nation of 11-year-olds, content with poop and fart jokes, talking about girls with cooties and queers with steers? »
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