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Abortion must be removed from the winner-takes-all realm of constitutional law for which it was never suited and be returned to the political realm, where compromise and moderate solutions are at least possible.

The same day the U.S. Supreme Court and all of us were betrayed by people so ideologically desperate they would sacrifice both the integrity of the judicial process and their personal honor for politics, the justices unanimously agreed on the proper resolution to what others would have seen as a politically loaded controversy.

Basing your development strategy on attracting huge employers is the social equivalent of playing the lottery to fund your retirement – you may not lose much money, but don’t count on hitting the jackpot to secure your future.

While Gov. Kevin Stitt is riding ahead in the polls, his governing style has alienated several powerful constituencies, resulting in multiple challengers from the left, right, and center.

Like the private sector, we must transition public employees to the defined contribution model, where your retirement benefits are directly funded by the investment returns on the contributions made by employees and the employer.

If the tests fulfilled their purpose, why have the significant majority of the nation’s leading colleges and universities, in the last two years, made submitting the test scores optional?

While there are many weeks left in the state legislative session, providing a modicum of hope that a school choice expansion bill may still emerge, last week’s defeat of Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat’s proposed plan to empower families to educate their children as they choose cannot help but disappoint those who seek to better the lives of future generations of Oklahomans.

The Norman rhetorical shouting match was only the opening round in what will be a determined effort to both implement and resist the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s recently announced $5 billion, 15 years long ACCESS plan to, among other major projects, significantly expand the network of turnpikes surrounding the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.

Particularly in times of crisis, we need to focus on areas of agreement and take care of our most pressing problems before dealing with those questions that divide us.

Jim Inhofe has held public office, including service in both houses of the state and national legislature, as well as a stint as mayor of Tulsa, for over half a century.