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Stop changing the name of Gilda Radner's cancer support groups

11/29/2012 12:00 PM


When I was a senior in high school, I had to pick a biography for a book report.

I chose comedic actress Gilda Radner’s “It’s Always Something” because I ... 

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Ginnie Graham
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North Korea's Kim Jung-Un is too sexy for America

11/28/2012 11:11 AM

Poor Chinese journalists didn’t get the joke yesterday, and we Americans laughed at the gaffe.

When The Onion ran an article naming North Korea’s leader Kim ... 

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Ginnie Graham
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Got money left over from Cyber Monday? Join the Giving Tuesday movement and give it to charity

11/27/2012 1:29 PM

Pick out a charity today and give it some money.

Giving Tuesday , or #GivingTuesday for Twitter users, is an emerging trend of theme dates after Thanksgiving.

The ... 

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Ginnie Graham
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Frank Deford about the state of sports and what should be done about it

11/17/2012 11:21 AM

Frank Deford, long-time sports writer and television commentator, said the worst thing to say about a place is that it has bad sports.

“Not to say you have bad schools ... 

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Ginnie Graham
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Union secession movement is silly and distracting

11/14/2012 12:05 PM

We are sore losers.

From football games to presidential elections, we don’t like to be on the failing end of a contest.

That’s life though.

No one can ... 

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Ginnie Graham
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Sex, lies and hero worship

11/13/2012 11:20 AM


A colleague of mine misses having heroes.

Starting out the year, business writer Rod Walton would have put Gen. David Petraeus and cyclist Lance Armstrong on that ... 

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Ginnie Graham
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Veterans deserve their parade today; Come to downtown Tulsa to honor them

11/12/2012 9:24 AM

The best parade of the year is the Veterans Day parade, swinging through downtown Tulsa today starting at 11 a.m.

It’s the most heart-warming experience to see generations ... 

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Ginnie Graham
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Tired of politics? Mad magazine has no worries

11/6/2012 12:00 PM


Alfred E. Neuman turns 60 and what a life he’s led.

The smart-aleck looking mascot to Mad Magazine has mocked everyone from presidents to actresses to Sesame Street, ... 

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Ginnie Graham
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Get rid of the Electoral College

11/5/2012 12:00 PM


I feel ignored in this election.

I will vote as I’ve always done, but it would be nice to get a visit or two from a presidential candidate.

And not just to ... 

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Ginnie Graham
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Stealing political signs is just sad

11/2/2012 12:00 PM


Like the regular appearances of the mythical headless horseman, Bloody Mary or Rawhead and Bloody Bones, every two years a villain comes out to play disguised as the ... 

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Ginnie Graham
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Pope celebrates 500 years of Sistine Chapel

11/1/2012 11:00 AM


For 500 years, God has been reaching down from Heaven to touch Adam’s finger as the centerpiece of the Sistine Chapel.

To mark the anniversary of Michelangelo’s ... 

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Ginnie Graham
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Ginnie Graham

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Ginnie Graham is a Tulsa World news columnist, whose columns appear each Wednesday and Saturday.

She has been a reporter with the Tulsa World since 1994, covering social issues, education and criminal justice. She has received awards along the way including four sweepstakes from the Associated Press/ONE chapter and outstanding reporting from the Great Plains multi-state contest and the Oklahoma chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Her Oklahoma roots go back five generations in Noble County and four generations in Delaware County. She spent her childhood in Grove then moved to Perry, where she graduated as student council president and wrestling queen. Despite pleas from her devoted Oklahoma State University family, she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master of public administration from the University of Oklahoma.

When not working, she is usually whisking her two children to dance, sports or school events. She has a professional guitar-playing husband, reads quite a bit and believes Thanksgiving is the best holiday.


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