Oklahoma City Oklahoman

Regarding "Creative solutions a must to lower female prison rate” (Our Views, Nov. 1): Oklahoma City Community Impact Group is a nonprofit agency formed in response to the growing number of women being incarcerated in Oklahoma.

WASHINGTON — During long campaign swings in Virginia’s recent gubernatorial campaign, Bob McDonnell’s staff would count the cars that sported both Obama and McDonnell bumper stickers.

STATE Sen. Kenneth Corn insists his decision to camp outside the Capitol this week wasn’t a political stunt.

Barack Obama held out hope of overcoming partisan divides, lowering the temperature and bringing Americans together.

NEWS that Oklahoma City now is home to the state’s largest school district flew mostly under the radar last week.

In the friendly confines of the Oval Office, congratulations are about to be exchanged. On those dithering heights, victory is about to be proclaimed.

At the World Business Forum in New York last month, global government leaders, CEOs and economists discussed the world we live in.

WASHINGTON — Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ready to force moderate Democrats to walk the plank again. Earlier this year it was a tough vote on climate change.

Happy 40th birthday to ‘Sesame Street.’ It’s getting so old, it’s now being brought to you by the letters A, A, R and P.

The economy was much better when Oklahoma lawmakers made the bold decision in 2007 that a college scholarship program would be the state’s top financial priority.

Here’s an idea for infusing cash into Oklahoma’s anemic revenue stream: Simply withhold more money from paychecks, hoping against hope that the money won’t have to be returned when citizens file tax returns.

We’re not advocating this, of course.

THE White House reacted with a yawn to Tuesday’s election results in New Jersey and Virginia, where Republicans scored big gubernatorial victories.

WASHINGTON — Actress Cate Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing here, portraying someone less than regal — flurried, anxious Blanche DuBois, in Tennessee Williams’ "A Streetcar Named Desire.” If Obama administration officials involved in formulating Afghanistan policy see her, they should wince when she speaks DuBois’ signature line: "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”

The U.S. mission — whatever it is; stay tuned — in that fractured semi-nation depends on substantially increased competence and radically reduced corruption among the strangers governing in, if not much beyond, Kabul.

Can you believe it’s been a year since Barack Obama was elected president? There’s been some changes.