Happy Thanksgiving From Sen. Lankford

Dear Oklahoma friends and neighbors: Happy Thanksgiving! Next week, most Oklahomans will get to enjoy at least a day of food and family traditions.

It’s Our Choice: Medicare For All Or Endless War?

If you’re following the presidential race, you’ve heard plenty of sniping about Medicare for All and whether we can afford it. But when it comes to endless war or endless profits for Pentagon contractors, we’re told we simply must afford it — no questions asked.

Trump’s E-Cigarettes Change: Great Idea, Regardless Of The Reason

Annie Karni, Maggie Haberman, and Sheila Kaplan of the New York Times describe US president Donald Trump’s proposed ban on flavored e-cigarette products as “a swift and bold reaction to a growing public health crisis affecting teenagers” that Trump backed away from “under pressure from his...

Deduction Caps May Play A Role In Casino Debate

When it comes to the ongoing debate over renegotiation of state-tribal gaming compacts, there’s an elephant in the living room everyone pretends to ignore for now, but that may soon play a big role in negotiations. In 2018, lawmakers voted to cap income-tax deductions at $17,000 per return.

Ballot Initiative Would Not Address Cause of Oklahoma’s Incarceration Crisis

I’m overjoyed at the successes of criminal justice reform we’ve seen in Oklahoma over the past few years. Oklahomans passed SQ 780 in 2016 to reclassify low-level drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. In November, HB 1269, which made SQ 780 retroactive, went into effect.

What Breast Cancer Taught Me About Health Care

Every weekday for six weeks this fall, I had radiation treatment for early-stage breast cancer. This journey has been a lesson in our broken social and economic systems. In May, I saw my obstetrician for pain in my right breast.

Waiting On The Wealthy

Are you there yet? By “there,” I mean have you at last become a 1 percenter? It’s the dream of many social climbers to be in the top percentile, but it’s a steep climb — it now takes a paycheck of $515,000 a year to dwell with the swells at the peak. Actually, that just makes you sorta rich.

No, House Democrats Aren’t Violating Trump’s Rights

“If the facts are your side,” famed attorney and former law professor Alan Dershowitz instructed his students, “pound the facts into the table. If the law is on your side, pound the law into the table. If neither the facts nor the law are on your side, pound the table.

Impeachment: A Night At The Movies

The US House of Representatives soberly fulfills its constitutional obligation to investigate alleged wrongdoing by a sitting president, steadily building its case for that president’s impeachment.

Want To Honor America’s Veterans? Support the US Postal Service

If you’re looking for a way to honor veterans, here’s one: protect the U.S. Postal Service. I’m a veteran from a family of veterans. After serving in the Marine Corps, I got a good-paying postal job that put me on a solid path to financial security.