Opinion

If you’ve been around El Reno long, you’ve almost certainly heard about El Reno High School's annual Gifts for the Yanks program. You probably already know the following:

► We have been doing this program continuously since 1945.

► Through the program, we raise money to purchase gifts which EHS students wrap and personally give to the veterans at the Oklahoma City VA Hospital.   

► Even though many schools were involved in the program at the end of World War II (in 1945), El Reno High School is the ONLY school in the nation that has done it that entire time.

What exactly is luck? Why do some people appear to be luckier than others?

Is luck a question of chance, fate, or are there things you can do to improve your luck?

Actually, being lucky isn’t just a matter of luck at all.

Luck is a combination of attitude, mental orientation, preparation and opportunity. Typically, lucky people have an approach of possibility, whereas unlucky people have a mindset of impossibility. 

Director Martin Scorsese’s new movie, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” tells the true story of a string of murders on the Osage Nation’s land in Oklahoma in the 1920s. Based on David Grann’s meticulously researched 2017 book, the movie delves into racial and family dynamics that rocked Oklahoma to the core when oil was discovered on Osage lands.

Oklahoma youth (and their parents) are increasingly asking, “Is a college degree worth the cost?” We’ve all heard horror stories of students who racked up significant college debt only to find they can’t pay off their debt and also live comfortably on the salaries their college degree produces.

A disclaimer, just to clarify things up front: I have no opinion on the truth or falsehood of allegations -- made anonymously by multiple women and reported by multiple UK media outlets -- that comedian/podcaster Russell Brand is a serial rapist.

I happen to have disliked Brand during his earlier comedy career (just a matter of personal taste), and to enjoy his current podcast, “Stay Free With Russell Brand.”

There’s an old saying that you don’t really appreciate something until you don’t have it anymore.

We all know that to be true in our personal life with each loss of a lifelong friend or family member.

It’s no secret many newspapers in the United States have closed in recent years. Every time it happens, it feels like losing a lifelong friend or family member.

Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat’s comments during a press conference regarding a potential gross production tax (GPT) increase on oil and natural gas listed an increase in the GPT as one potential offset to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s call to eliminate the state’s income tax