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Opinion: The late RFK's words for peace, unity, compassion relevant today in our divided time
It was cold the morning of April 4, so I decided to do my running indoors at the YWCA. To break up the tedium of the treadmill, I listened to the Yankees game from the night before with my earbuds. One of the nearby televisions mounted from the ceiling was tuned to MSNBC, and I glanced up from time to time to see if we were at war or a hurricane was about to destroy some piece of the East Coast.
PSO Announces Robotics Grants to Oklahoma Schools
TULSA — Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO), an American Electric Power company, announced more than $35,000 in robotics grants to 16 school groups throughout the state. The grants range from $250 to $3,200. The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics grants program is a nationwide initiative that supports pre-kindergarten through grade 12 student education with an emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
Wayne Greene: Editor bids farewell, remembering good friends and good times
Wayne Greene: Editor bids farewell, remembering good friends and good times Wayne Greene speaks as Toby Jenkins (left) and Anthony Scott listen during a 2014 meeting of the Tulsa World Community Advisory Board. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World As a young man, Henry Adams — grandson of one president, great grandson of another and friend of the American elite — found that there was no reputable profession where he could succeed. So he became a journalist.
‘Activists are working hard to take the farm animal out of the food equation’: Farmers push back on plant- and lab-grown meat movement
The GLP Needs Your Help It is easier than ever for advocacy groups to spread disinformation on pressing science issues, such as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. No, vaccines are not harmful. Yes, the use of biotechnology, GMOs or gene editing to develop antigens for treatments including vaccines are part of the solution. To inform the public about what’s really going on, we present the facts and challenge those who don't. We can’t do this work without your help.
Cartoon: Tug O'wear
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Wayne Greene: X marks the (COVID-19) spot
Wayne Greene: X marks the (COVID-19) spot We know how to defeat the threat of COVID-19. Nothing involved is dangerous, expensive or particularly hard to do. Get vaccinated. Wear a mask in public. Wash your hands. Don’t invade the private space of other people. If you get sick, stay home. Wayne Greene Here’s a little art project for you. Take a piece of paper, or just imagine one in your head, and put an X in the center.
Wayne Greene: It won't take much for 'Killers of the Flower Moon' to top 'The FBI Story' in portraying the Osage Reign of Terror
Wayne Greene: It won't take much for 'Killers of the Flower Moon' to top 'The FBI Story' in portraying the Osage Reign of Terror Actor Jesse Plemons is shown on set during the making of "Killers of the Flower Moon" in Pawhuska. Mike Simons, Tulsa World In case you've been living in a cage for the past several weeks, they're filming a movie in Osage County and, on occasion, other local spots here and there.
Wayne Greene: Interim study process could reinvigorate criminal justice reform in Oklahoma
Wayne Greene: Interim study process could reinvigorate criminal justice reform in Oklahoma The failure of State Question 805 last year has slowed the pace of criminal justice reform in Oklahoma, but the job is far from finished. We still are keeping far too many people in prison for the wrong reasons for far too long at far too high a price. Matt Barnard, Tulsa World Speaker of the House Charles McCall approved 113 interim studies for state House committees recently.
Editorial: U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas urges Oklahomans to get COVID vaccinations ... and he's right
Editorial: U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas urges Oklahomans to get COVID vaccinations ... and he's right U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas, left, wore a mask to President Donald Trump’s reelection rally in Tulsa last year. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World Frank Lucas is right. “To have a normal, safe, and healthy fall, Oklahomans need to get vaccinated” against the dangers of the COVID-19 virus, Lucas wrote in a Tulsa World op/ed column Monday.
Wayne Greene: I'm a happy taxpayer, who's unhappy with tax cheaters
Wayne Greene: I'm a happy taxpayer, who's unhappy with tax cheaters IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said at a congressional hearing in April that the so-called tax gap, the difference between what people owe the federal government and what they pay, is about $1 trillion a year ,. Rob Crandall // Shutterstock I’ve said before that I’m a happy taxpayer.
Wayne Greene: Post COVID Syndrome patients report more health and pain problems than cancer patients, study shows
Wayne Greene: Post COVID Syndrome patients report more health and pain problems than cancer patients, study shows Nurses Deland Dooly (left) and Rae Moe (right) enter a patient's room on a COVID-19 floor at Saint Francis Hospital in September. TULSA WORLD file More than 99% of the people who are infected with COVID-19 survive, a fact that is commonly cited by people who are hesitant to be vaccinated. If you're one of those people, you might want to reconsider.
Buffalo Rock names Fitzgerald Washington to its board of directors - Yellowhammer News
Buffalo Rock names Fitzgerald Washington to its board of directors Buffalo Rock Company has added Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington to its board of directors. Washington has an established history with the Birmingham-based beverage company having worked at Buffalo Rock for 15 years prior to his appointment as labor secretary in 2014.
Wayne Greene: Auditing Oklahoma's election results would waste money, change little
Wayne Greene: Auditing Oklahoma's election results would waste money, change little Oklahoma's election machines provide quick results and a checkable record of paper ballots. IAN MAULE/Tulsa World An Arizona-style audit of Oklahoma's 2020 election results isn't authorized by law and wouldn't be worth the time and money involved.
Editorial: As the Tokyo Olympics fan ban shows, the threat of COVID has not passed
Editorial: As the Tokyo Olympics fan ban shows, the threat of COVID has not passed Peter Kuper, Cagle Cartoons Peter Kuper, Cagle Cartoons Peter Kuper, Cagle Cartoons Peter Kuper, Cagle Cartoons The Tokyo summer Olympics will be made for TV only. Facing a COVID-19 state of emergency, Tokyo’s governor announced last week that fans will be banned from the city’s stadiums and arenas during the games. Already delayed from the original 2020 date, the Olympics open July 23 and run through Aug. 8.
Wayne Greene: 30 years ago, I was the luckiest man in Oklahoma
Wayne Greene: 30 years ago, I was the luckiest man in Oklahoma My friend Lou posted one of her wedding pictures and a nice 30th anniversary note to her husband on Facebook the other day. I had been invited to the wedding but couldn’t make it. But seeing the picture reminded me that 30 years before I had been the luckiest man in Oklahoma. That hot July day I was driving through downtown Oklahoma City on my lunch hour, heading to the post office.
Wayne Greene: Pentagon ET report tells more about us than them
Wayne Greene: Pentagon ET report tells more about us than them An illustration of the early solar system, when the planet body of the Almahata Sitta meteorite may have existed. Used by permission NASA The theme of the national media’s coverage of the Pentagon’s UFO report was that it was a pretty big deal that they were looking, even if they weren’t finding.
Wayne Greene: SQ 816 seeks to overturn Oklahoma law that protects drivers who hit protesters obstructing roads
Wayne Greene: SQ 816 seeks to overturn Oklahoma law that protects drivers who hit protesters obstructing roads Protesters shut down eastbound Interstate 244 during a May 31 protest march in Tulsa. IAN MAULE, Tulsa World A coalition of grassroots groups is asking voters to to overturn one of the most controversial bills to come out of last year’s Legislature.
Wayne Greene: Tough politics at the state Capitol
Wayne Greene: Tough politics at the state Capitol The House passed Senate Bill 1080, legislation expanding a program that funds private school scholarship and public school foundations through tax credits, on a 63-36 vote on May 20. Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed House Bill 1849, written by one of SB 1080’s most vocal opponents, after House passage. John Clanton Tulsa World On May 20, Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed House Bill 1849.
Wayne Greene: From the pipelines to your water bill, America's electronic infrastructure is vulnerable
Wayne Greene: From the pipelines to your water bill, America's electronic infrastructure is vulnerable Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on Tuesday. Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP The bad guys — some espionage agents of our national enemies, others more ordinary criminals bent on mere extortion — are targeting America’s electronic infrastructure.
Wayne Greene: Helping India in its COVID crisis is the moral imperative and the line of self-interest
Wayne Greene: Helping India in its COVID crisis is the moral imperative and the line of self-interest Patients undergo treatment at a temporary COVID-19 care center at the Nandambakkam Trade Center in Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India, Monday, May 31, 2021. R. Parthibhan, AP Photo The Tulsa World editorial board met for more than an hour with the Rev. Jesse Jackson this week. Rev. Jackson was in town for events surrounding the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Wayne Greene: The antidemocratic forces of voter suppression can move quickly next year
Wayne Greene: The antidemocratic forces of voter suppression can move quickly next year House Bill 2842 would cause polling place chaos by requiring all voters to bring proof of citizenship — either a birth certificate or naturalization papers — with them to the polling place.
Descendant of W. Tate Brady - Tulsa founder who played a role in race massacre - reaches out to leaders in the Greenwood District
Descendant of W. Tate Brady — Tulsa founder who played a role in race massacre — reaches out to leaders in the Greenwood District 1 of 2 In 2014, the Tulsa Street originally named after Tulsa founder W. Tate Brady was renamed Reconciliation Way. W. Tate Brady was a founding father of Tulsa. He signed the city’s charter in 1898, built the Brady Hotel and was a leader in local Democratic Party politics.
Wayne Greene: In Oklahoma, unvaccinated college students can do whatever they want, and their school can't do much about it
Wayne Greene: In Oklahoma, unvaccinated college students can do whatever they want, and their school can't do much about it University of Tulsa sophomore Maicie Brown makes her way across campus last summer. About 250 colleges and universities in 33 states are requiring students to get COVID-19 vaccinations before the fall semester begins. A bill passed by the Oklahoma Legislature would make sure no Oklahoma school does the same.
Wayne Greene: State tax cuts won't make the state economy grow
Wayne Greene: State tax cuts won't make the state economy grow Wayne Greene: "Coming out of the pandemic, if the economy doesn't grow, we've got deeper problems than a quarter-point cut will solve." John Clanton, Tulsa World The Oklahoma Legislature has voted to cut state income tax rates by 0.25% under the supply-side promise that it will stimulate the state economy, create jobs and increase Oklahoma's tax revenue.
Cartoon: Getting Back to Normal
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Wayne Greene: Oklahoma's citizen's arrest law is at least as permissive as the one Georgia lawmakers just overwhelmingly repudiated
Wayne Greene: Oklahoma's citizen's arrest law is at least as permissive as the one Georgia lawmakers just overwhelmingly repudiated You can’t make a citizen’s arrest in Georgia anymore, but you certainly can in Oklahoma. Last week, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, signed a law largely doing away with that state’s statute allowing for one private citizen to arrest another.
Wayne Greene: Every Republican isn't a racist, and every Democrat isn't a socialist, and most Oklahomans already know that
Wayne Greene: Every Republican isn't a racist, and every Democrat isn't a socialist, and most Oklahomans already know that Some liberal friends won’t want to hear this, but every Trump voter isn’t a racist. Every Republican isn’t a woman-hater who delights in putting children in cages. Some conservative friends don’t want to hear this but most Democrats aren’t socialists, and those who are socialists usually have Holland in mind, not East Germany.
Wayne Greene: Should bicycles have to stop at ever stop sign? Pending legislation says no
Wayne Greene: Should bicycles have to stop at ever stop sign? Pending legislation says no Cyclists ride on Avery Drive in Sand Springs in 2015. Wayne Greene Let’s take a break from the relatively modest state Capitol storms over insults to the vice president, who should manage the state’s Medicaid program and who can play on which basketball team and take up an issue that really will get people going: Should bicycle riders have to come to a full and complete stop at every stop sign?
Wayne Greene: From Yogi Berra to Anatole France to the governor's office
Wayne Greene: From Yogi Berra to Anatole France to the governor's office Joe Torre (left) stands with Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and Don Zimmer in 2002. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE I grew up thinking that the phrase “errors of enthusiasm” was the coinage of Yogi Berra or maybe Casey Stengel. I’d blame Tony Kubek or Joe Garagiola on the Game of the Week, which is where I think I first heard it, but I might be compounding my error of ignorance and misattribution with an error of blame-shifting.
Wayne Greene: State's COVID-19 vaccine efforts target more complacent populations
Wayne Greene: State's COVID-19 vaccine efforts target more complacent populations Earlier this month, the state took its COVID-19 vaccination effort to a rural Oklahoma rattlesnake hunt. Don’t get bit. Get immunized. It’s part of the Oklahoma Health Department’s evolving effort to get more Oklahomans vaccinated against the potentially deadly virus, Deputy Health Commissioner Keith Reed told me. “We want to meet people where they’re at,” Reed said.
Wayne Greene: Clawback proposal to Oklahoma's Promise scholarship program scrapped amid constituent pressure
Wayne Greene: Clawback proposal to Oklahoma's Promise scholarship program scrapped amid constituent pressure Legislation to bar some transgender athletes from women’s sports in Oklahoma reappeared Thursday in a different guise of its own. John Clanton, Tulsa World file Efforts to claw back Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program scholarships if funded students don’t earn bachelor’s degrees within six years have been stripped from pending legislation.
Wayne Greene: Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado says he wants a state law with "bite" to let him protect Second Amendment rights
Wayne Greene: Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado says he wants a state law with "bite" to let him protect Second Amendment rights Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado and Undersheriff George Brown talk with Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin after a news conference about two Tulsa police officers who were shot June 29, 2020.
Wayne Greene: Senators who want to filibuster should stand up and keep talking. Otherwise, they should be quiet and let the nation proceed.
Wayne Greene: Senators who want to filibuster should stand up and keep talking. Otherwise, they should be quiet and let the nation proceed. “The Senate is supposed to be the most deliberative body in the world — that’s the name it has earned over the years — but we can’t even get on to the bills to deliberate,” Sen. James Lankford said in 2015. AP I can't accuse him of flipping, but Sen. James Lankford's tone concerning the filibuster certainly changed when control of the U.S. Senate flipped.
Wayne Greene: What do the decline and fall of Rome and the 21st century have in common? Climate change and infectious disease
Wayne Greene: What do the decline and fall of Rome and the 21st century have in common? Climate change and infectious disease The ancient Parthenon temple, in the Acropolis hill, is seen in this photo from files taken on February 3, 2004. For centuries, often millennia, Europe’s monuments have withstood earthquakes, fire and plundering. Now cultural treasures ranging from the Colosseum to Westminster Abbey could face new threats from climate change, a new study says.
Wayne Greene: House Bill 2504 is bad legislation. Tell your legislator
Wayne Greene: House Bill 2504 is bad legislation. Tell your legislator House Bill 2504 would strip Tulsa and Oklahoma county health departments of much of their independence but still expect Tulsa and Oklahoma county taxpayers to foot the bill. It’s a bad bill, but it made it through the House. It’s time for the Senate to lose it John Clanton, Tulsa World Oklahoma’s legislative process has a number of built-in brakes to stop good bills and bad.
Wayne Greene: The Oklahoma Legislature should stop writing laws and start studying Whitty's Law
Wayne Greene: The Oklahoma Legislature should stop writing laws and start studying Whitty's Law Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty arrives at 10 Downing Street, before Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spoke at a 2020 press conference. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, pool) Just before Christmas, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a news conference to discourage large holiday gatherings.
Wayne Greene: Jim Inhofe is growing more independent
Wayne Greene: Jim Inhofe is growing more independent Sen. Jim Inhofe talks to media while waiting for President Donald Trump at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa on June 20. IAN MAULE, Tulsa World I was surprised and pleased last weekend, when U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe took issue with Americans who aren’t willing to get COVID-19 vaccinations. “It shocks me that one in three American adults is saying they definitely or probably won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine,” Inhofe tweeted last Sunday.
Wayne Greene: Jim Inhofe hasn't veered hard left now that he's not running for reelection any more, but he has grown more independent
Wayne Greene: Jim Inhofe hasn't veered hard left now that he's not running for reelection any more, but he has grown more independent Sen. Jim Inhofe talks to media while waiting for President Donald Trump at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa on June 20. IAN MAULE, Tulsa World I was surprised and pleased last weekend, when U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe took issue with Americans who aren't willing to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
Wayne Greene: Legislative assault on the Tulsa City-County Health Department should upset every local taxpayer
Wayne Greene: Legislative assault on the Tulsa City-County Health Department should upset every local taxpayer Teachers Teressa Blair, Antonio Graham and Diego Alvarez have their Covid vaccine given to them by Tulsa Health Department RN Elena Martinez at the Tulsa Expo Center in Tulsa, OK, Feb. 23, 2021. The Legislature is on the cusp of reworking a long-standing bargain with local taxpayers, and, legal or not, it stinks. Last week, the House Civil Judiciary Committee approved Rep.
Wayne Greene: Trying to stay between the lines in a snowpocolypse
Wayne Greene: Trying to stay between the lines in a snowpocolypse Fun fact: 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit is the same as 40 degrees below zero Celsius. What a miserable week. There’s nothing like seven days of deadly cold and snow to make you realize that the tint of green that spoke of spring when you chose it for the dining room walls looks nothing so much as the preferred hue for prisons when viewed from the perspective of February.
Wayne Greene: Super Bowl gets the national anthem and "America the Beautiful" right
Wayne Greene: Super Bowl gets the national anthem and "America the Beautiful" right Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan performs the national anthem before the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game. David J. Phillip, Associated Press No one asked, but I'll tell you anyway: I thought the singing of the national anthem at the Super Bowl was lovely.
Wayne Greene: Oklahoma still doesn't have the best paid teachers in the region; in fact, we're going the wrong direction
Wayne Greene: Oklahoma still doesn't have the best paid teachers in the region; in fact, we're going the wrong direction Gov. Kevin Stitt didn’t mention teacher pay in his State of the State address Monday. Mike Simons, Tulsa World Remember when Gov. Kevin Stitt was going to give Oklahoma the highest average teacher salaries in the region? That was one of his most common campaign promises when he ran for governor. The teachers are still waiting.
Wayne Greene: The uses and limits of science
Wayne Greene: The uses and limits of science Bruce Plante, Cagle Cartoons Bruce Plante, Cagle Cartoons President Joe Biden has named some top-flight scientists, including a Nobel Prize winner and Dr. Anthony Fauci, to his inner circle of policy advisers. For the first time, the president’s chief science adviser will be in a Cabinet-level position. Biden has tapped pathbreaking human genome researcher Eric Lander for the job.
Wayne Greene: When Lady Gaga sang the national anthem, it raised a lump in our throats. Here's why that matters.
Wayne Greene: When Lady Gaga sang the national anthem, it raised a lump in our throats. Here's why that matters. Lady Gaga sings the National Anthem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) I enjoyed Joe Biden’s inaugural address. He said the right things and said them well.
Wayne Greene: When Lady Gaga's sang the national athemn, it raised a lump in our throats. Here's why that matters.
Wayne Greene: When Lady Gaga's sang the national athemn, it raised a lump in our throats. Here's why that matters. Lady Gaga sings the National Anthem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) I enjoyed Joe Biden’s inaugural address. He said the right things and said them well.
Wayne Greene: Gentner Drummond flew the first U.S. combat mission over Baghdad, but the real test of courage and judgment came on the way home
Wayne Greene: Gentner Drummond flew the first U.S. combat mission over Baghdad, but the real test of courage and judgment came on the way home Wayne Greene Tulsa World Opinions page editor on August 18, 2020. Wayne Greene Thirty years ago as of Saturday, Gentner Drummond led the first U.S. combat mission to strike Baghdad in the Gulf War. But his defining test of courage and judgment didn’t occur over the Iraqi capitol. It was on the relatively safe flight back to Saudi Arabia.
Wayne Greene: Order has been restored, but let's take a moment to cleanse the Capitol emotionally
Wayne Greene: Order has been restored, but let's take a moment to cleanse the Capitol emotionally 1 of 3 Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., cleans up debris and personal belongings strewn across the floor of the Rotunda in the early morning hours of Jan. 7. Whitney Price wears a "Bigotry Stinks" mask as she and others clean Oakley Plaze after a 1996 Ku Klux Klan rally. Wayne Greene Tulsa World Opinions page editor on August 18, 2020.
Wayne Greene: Sen. James Lankford likes Oklahoma's voting system, which doesn't live up to Lankford's standards
Wayne Greene: Sen. James Lankford likes Oklahoma's voting system, which doesn't live up to Lankford's standards In his recent op/ed column explaining his initial plan to reject Electoral College votes from some of the states where Democrat Joe Biden beat President Donald Trump, Sen. James Lankford seemed to contrast troubled voting processess in other states with those in Oklahoma.
Sunday Morning Quarterback: Seeking rhyme and reason in current events
Sunday Morning Quarterback: Seeking rhyme and reason in current events This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (green) cultured in the lab. NIAID-RML Wayne Greene Tulsa World Smoke, fire Enough folks thought the election unfair, To warrant looking, in case fraud was there.
Wayne Greene: The history of the Oklahoma Historical Society didn't start with Bob Blackburn, just its legitimacy and its sustainability
Wayne Greene: The history of the Oklahoma Historical Society didn't start with Bob Blackburn, just its legitimacy and its sustainability Future Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Director Trait Thompson takes a photo while OKPOP Executive Director Jeff Moore talks to Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Director Bob Blackburn (right) during a tour of the OKPOP Museum.
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