Give me liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry’s declaration - heralded in his impassioned speech of March 23, 1775 - ignited courage enough among a gathering of oppressed colonists to help launch a ...

Have you ever noticed what most of us do when we get caught in a spot that makes us look clumsy? Maybe we try to jump a puddle and don’t quite make it. We hit the slippery ground on the edge of the pu...

DEAR ABBY: I am worried about my 21-year-old son, “Travis.” He hasn’t quite left our home that he shares with me and my husband, but he sleeps here only one or two nights. He’s in school part time and...

We at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) extend our deepest condolences to families tragically impacted by the recent flooding in Texas. Flooding along the Guadalupe River early Friday c...

It was about 1954, near Christmas, and my Grandma and Grandpa Willis from Oklahoma were visiting us in California. Grandpa Willis wasn’t my real Grandpa. He had married my Grandma after she divorced m...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been happily married for 12 years. We have a beautiful family - a 12-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son. My husband is not close with his side of the family. We a...

Dehydration is a common yet preventable condition that poses a significant health risk for older adults, particularly those living in long-term care facilities. It can lead to serious complications su...

Fireworks are easy to find, with big tents, warehouse outlets, and other retail fireworks stores lining major roads in towns across the country, especially around the 4th of July. But fireworks are po...

When your mind reaches back to a Fourth of July weekend that is six or seven decades past the memory, details may come in at less than razor sharp focus. But, some events in life feature just enough d...

In 1883, the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote these words: “Have you not heard of that Madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the marketplace and cried incessantly: ‘...

DEAR ABBY: The grocery store a mile from our house has recently gone through a major expansion and upgrade. I have shopped there my entire life. The store has two points of ingress and egress. I have ...

Over the past month, I have highlighted portions of the federal “Big Beautiful Bill” as passed by the U.S House of Representatives. Currently, the bill is under consideration by the U.S. Senate, but s...

The biggest question job-creation companies manufacturers, logistics hubs and others that bring real jobs with them - ask before expanding or relocating is: “Can you provide the workforce?” Let’s be r...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 48-year-old woman. When I was 17, I hooked up with this guy who was part of my friend group. I knew he had a crush on me, so I decided to have sex with him in his car. It meant nothin...

During my preteen years, we lived in a small two bedroom house that had a large backyard. Along the fence line grew a strip of bushes that stood four to five feet tall. They had grayish- green leaves ...

Each year, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) examines the voting records of members of the Oklahoma Legislature to determine how child-friendly each lawmaker’s record is. From that nonp...

DEAR ABBY: I have hemifacial spasm (HFS), a relatively rare disorder characterized by random and uncontrollable spasms on one side of the face. HFS can sometimes be alleviated through surgery and/or t...

I got to thinking the other day about ideas we sometimes have that are totally wrong. Where we got our ideas, I’m not sure, but sometimes we find out that they aren’t based on reality. For example, I ...

DEAR ABBY: My ex-husband was found dead in his home three months ago. He was a bitter man who never forgave me for leaving him. We were divorced for 30 years before his death and have two children and...

There is an interesting thing about vision. Once a person catches sight of a forward-looking hope or dream, they usually move toward it with only a tiny glimpse of additional things to follow. What th...