November 25th Issue

On The Cover

Thanksgiving 2006: Two White House Turkeys

By Frosty Troy

Thanksgiving is a day set aside to count our blessings. Instead, this is a year in which Americans by large majorities question the nation’s downward spiral. They expressed their wrath by voting out the Republican Congress.

What’s Inside

Divided Oklahoma: What’s Next?

By Arnold Hamilton

Now comes the hard part. The post-election Democratic glow and Republican gloom quickly evaporated with the stark reality that Oklahoma’s government is more sharply divided than ever.

Good Old Boy Corruption Still Pervades Oklahoma

By Dr. Eric Atkins

Every decade there has been at least one new major scandal in Oklahoma’s local and state seats of governments. These scandals are a direct outgrowth of the “Good Old Boy Network” that has and still controls state and local government. Oklahoma is the cottage industry for graft and corruption.

High Court Jester: What is Scalia Thinking?

By Danny M. Adkison

The guy is losing it. No, really, who would make such a patently ridiculous and uninformed comment? You might think I’m referring to John Kerry’s recent so-called flubbed joke. I’m actually referring to Justice Scalia.

Observations

Unethical

In a nasty election year featuring negative ads from both sides, the worst breech of ethics came from two university presidents involving themselves in partisan politics.

Music Essential

We need somebody who can talk slow enough to explain to the math and science crowd that music is equally important.

Welfare Moms

Ten years after welfare reform passed, many single mothers and their children have been unable to escape poverty.

Segregation

Since the mid-1990s, two trends have transformed the landscape of American public education: enrollment has increased because of the growth of the Hispanic population, and the number of schools has also increased.

Bush Earns ‘F’

Want even more reason to give the Bush Administration a failing grade?