Adventures with Allie

The factory gave them something the night could not take away.When the young women stepped outside after work, luminous dust clung to their dresses and settled into their hair. In darkened rooms, they shimmered.They called them the ghost girls.Radium was still considered a miracle then.

Adventures with Allie

There is a strange concept called the “Tiffany problem,” and despite the name, it has nothing to do with jewelry, an upset woman named Tiffany or an uncomfortable conversation about the credit card bill.

Stock Market Insights

Beyond AI: What Corporate America Is Really Saying About the Economy As second-quarter earnings season comes to a close, the financial media continues to focus almost exclusively on artificial intelligence and the handful of mega-cap technology companies driving the market higher.

Not everything is censorship

We've developed a bad habit.When something frustrates us, we reach for the biggest word we can find.'Censorship.'The city turned off comments? Censorship.A Facebook group removed a post? Censorship.Someone asked us to take a conversation elsewhere? Censorship.

Stock Market Insights

On Monday morning, my wife dropped our 10-year-old son off at church camp. It’s his first time spending four nights away from home. Throughout the day I kept thinking about all the things I couldn't control. Would he make friends? Would he remember to put on sunscreen? Would he sleep well?

Stock Market Insights

Earnings Season: Wall Street Wants More Than AI Hype Summer temperatures are heating up, and so is second-quarter earnings season. This week, all eyes are on Alphabet and Tesla as they report quarterly results.

Adventures with Allie

You have probably seen one by now. Maybe it was an advertisement featuring a smiling family with a few too many fingers. Maybe it showed a building with doors that led nowhere. Maybe the words looked almost like English, but not quite.

Valuable lessons and an enriching experience

Dear readers, As I complete my last few days of my internship for Cushing Citizen, Keystone Gusher and Yale News, I know that I leave with not only the newfound support and lessons taught from the welcoming staff at Cimarron Valley Communications, but a new layer implemented in the foundation of my...

The illusion of choice

I recently saw that Fairlife had temporarily stopped milk production in the United States following a ransomware attack.To be clear, the milk was not recalled. Coca-Cola said its quality and safety were not affected. The hackers got into Fairlife’s production-related computer systems, not the cows.

For the Children

For those of us at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA), it is Heroes Ball Week! Our annual gala will be at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 25 at the OKC Farmers’ Public Market. We are excited to honor the champions which our board selected for their work.