OKLAHOMA CITY - Over the past week, Oklahoma lost two individuals who did much for our state’s children in their own ways. Most people are aware of the passing of Toby Keith, the Oklahoma country musi...

taVonrUòà' LAST W0M> To say I have had an exhausting month and especially last week would be such an understatement. From recovering from RSV to OPA Legislative Summit in OKC to Night to Shine to heat...

Personally I have never been a fan of politics on any platform. However, the politics of life seem to be getting more and more out of hand today. The politics of life not only refer to the activities ...

Words most certainly matter For the Children CEO-OICA OKLAHOMA CITY - Words: the foundation of language, simple letters strung together to form a word. Then words are used to create sentences, then pa...

Educational On the day that 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley opened fire in his Michigan high school, a teacher found a graphic drawing of gun violence with disturbing phrases. The most haunting, however, w...

For most of us this week winter has finally come. It seemed the perfect weekend for our first arctic plunge as it was Wild Card Weekend in the National Football League, and I could hunker down with th...

OKLAHOMA CITY - With the convening of a special session by Governor Stitt, lawmakers were brought back to the State Capitol on Monday, January 29, a week prior to the start of the Second Session of th...

There are so many paths one can take in life and these paths often lead you to other places - some good and some not so good. I’ve always been intrigued by all the different paths we can take. Some ar...

As the legislative session gets underway, my focus, as always, will be on caring for people and supp orting policies that help those without a voice. I’m especially concerned about finding ways to imp...

CEO-OICA OKLAHOMA CITY - For you NFL fans out there, if you watched the late game on Sunday, you saw the Kansas City Chiefs come away with a narrow win against the Buffalo Bills. While the game was gr...

The Oklahoma House of Representatives is returning for the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature on Monday, February 5. We completed bill filing on Jan. 18 with 1,210 House Bills, 12 House Jo...

¿(bOonnCvà LAST WOR© My pastor this past Sunday preached the best message entitled “Tune Your Heart to Truth” and the difference between a liar and a lyre. While we all know a liar is a person who spe...

Safe Places Possible For All Students In my previous article, written after the tragic shooting in Iowa, I described the crisis in public schools related to students with a high potential for violence...

OKLAHOMA CITY - January is Mental Wellness Awareness Month, a time to recognize the importance of attending to our own personal mental health, especially seeing the significant numbers of the populati...

¿LGsUOnrUbò' LAST ¥0 W Life is not fair. That is for certain for everyone and everything at some point. Life isn’t fair because we live in a complex and chaotic world that most of the time is unpredic...

HISTORICALLY ----------------- current events through a historical lens-------------------------------- “You were always Mom’s favorite:” a historic tribute to Tommy Smothers When I was in college bac...

OKLAHOMA CITY - With a new year ahead of us, it is customary to make resolutions. I hope each of you resolves to help improve your community, your state, and your nation by getting involved. I encoura...

The cost of living is not the only thing that has seen a significant increase. The cost of our health in many ways has also gone up so how does the average American get healthy and stay healthy? That’...

HISTORICALLY ----------------- current events through a historical lens-------------------------------- History of American Political Parties, Part IX: The Politics of War 1854 began the destruction o...

HISTORICALLY ----------------- current events through a historical lens-------------------------------- Palestinian Leadership In grad school one of the hardest parts in studying the Israel/Palestine ...