For the Children

OICA working with Human Services to improve response to Oklahomans in need Over the past several weeks, many Oklahomans have contacted the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) regarding suspension or reduction of some benefits of the social safety net.Long wait times on help lines,...

Stock Market Insights

Why Is the U.S. Economy So Strong Despite Inflation and Debt? CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.A recent viral video showed someone putting weight on top of a single-filled plastic Coke bottle.

Adventures with Allie

There was always so much glitter that it was easy to miss what Dolly Parton was doing with all her light.She wore rhinestones by the thousands. Her hair reached up toward heaven.

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.The Tiffany problem occurs when something is historically accurate but feels entirely too modern...

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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?

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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.