Tucker Cross

Those of you reading this are either wasting time not studying for fall finals or taking an extra class for the winter intersession. If you are in the former group, please return to your studies! Don’t let my extremely handsome profile picture fool you: This article is not as important as my face. READ MORE

Consider the Swedes - their relationship with the U.S. has been friendly, neutral and cooperative, but most importantly, a rather insignificant one. I don’t mean this as an insult; there are only about nine million of them in the first place, so one can’t exactly blame the Swedes when they haven’t been able to shove their weight around. Despite its size however, Sweden is quite the industrious and inventive country. In fact, Sweden holds one of the highest numbers of patents per capita.  READ MORE

Tucker Cross and Jerod Coker debate whether the recent U.S. deficit proposal is a good idea. READ MORE

The Daily's editorial columnists debate a point/counterpoint about whether opposing groups promoted civil dialogue during Justice For All exhibit this week. READ MORE

If and when you go to the polls today, you will be confronted with two choices for each of the public positions that need to be filled in this election. The vast majority of the candidate choices will present two options: Democrat or Republican. READ MORE

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, in 2008 over 7.3 million people were on probation, in jail or prison or on parole at the year’s end. That means that right now, at any given time, about 3.2 percent of all U.S. adults are under correctional supervision. READ MORE

The U.S. Constitution is an amazing document. When it was written and signed, there was no other document anywhere in the world even closely resembling it. READ MORE

On Wednesday, The Daily wrote an editorial “demanding” a “more diverse faculty.” After reading the article however, it was difficult for me to see exactly what those demands were. The message was clear however: OU’s faculty is not diverse enough. READ MORE

Why is our public education system failing? Everyone has a theory, and there obviously seems to be more than one reason. READ MORE