Rolling blackouts were the result of lax regulation and misplaced priorities
Until real progress is made to fortify the power grids that we depend on more than ever before, every week should be “infrastructure week.”
In former President Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial, the cameras do not lie
The differences between former President Trump's first trial and the 2021 edition could not be more stark.
Open letter to the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority or Jail Trust
Our county jail has numerous civil rights violations on record attached to it and they are counting. It is overcrowded for one and I think I know the answer to that.
Governor Stitt, they aren’t “ghost students” — they’re lost students
The problem is "ghost students" do exist. They are real and still out there. But, they are lost to our schools right now. Time to find them.
Lankford and Inhofe are gassing up Trump’s getaway car
Senators Lankford and Inhofe are doing their level best to disrupt justice in the wake of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Republicans are already abusing the word “unity” in the Biden era
Republicans are using the word "unity" a lot after the January 6 insurrection perhaps we'll all just let bygones be bygones.
At Biden inauguration, Oklahomans were shown clear choice for future
On Wednesday, Oklahoma and Oklahomans figured prominently in the Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
From McVeigh to MAGA, we haven’t learned our lesson about hate speech
It's time Oklahomans and the rest of the nation learned our lesson about the power of hate speech and the devastation it brings.
Amid talk about free speech, few seem to understand the First Amendment
The First Amendment is just one-sentence long, but it seems few people have read it including two senators who went to Ivy League colleges.
Open Letter to Tommie Johnson, Oklahoma County Sheriff
Christopher Johnson pleads with newly-elected Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson to be open to listening to all voices in the county.
Oklahoma’s U.S. House members not taking attack on Capitol seriously
the Oklahoma Congressional delegation is profoundly failing its constituency, especially its newest member, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice.
Lankford is committing seditious conspiracy – he should be held to account
U.S. Sen James Lankford, in an act of sedition against the U.S., has signed onto a letter with the intent to overturn Biden's election.
Trump lied about coronavirus in 2020 – history should never forgive him
If we are going to call 2020 the worst year, we must say it did not make itself miserable. There is a bad guy in all of this.
Our top ten OPINION posts of 2020 exposed bad thinking in government
Here are the top ten opinion articles by George Lang, opinion writer for Free Press, who consistently took on governmental bad thinking.
Our top ten NEWS reports of 2020 show desire for metro OKC news
The top ten news reports in Oklahoma City Free Press reveal a hunger for street-level news about neighborhoods, the City, and county.