Home of the Stephens County Democratic Party of Oklahoma
Current Postmaster General Louis Dejoy was appointed by the last president with the goal of wrecking Ben Franklin’s wonderful idea that the government is responsible for maintaining communications among USAnians. Dejoy’s joyless “plan” is to slow mail delivery, cut post
Read moreLast week, while organizing my bookmark file for Catalan singer/songwriter Judit Neddermann, my mouse hand got ahead of my mind and deleted the entire file. Sunday morning seemed a good time to rectify the situation. During my listening, I lit
Read moreLast week bills were introduced in both house of Congress to facilitate statehood for the 3,194,000 American citizens of Puerto Rico. There are local steps to follow along the way, including a binding vote, but last November voters approved a
Read moreAbout 40 years ago, after my first black-listing from the newspaper business, I did what all newspaper people do, I wrote a newspaper play. “Buried Inside,” referring to hiding stories that might embarrass the “good people” in a community, followed
Read moreThe heat is on. And we have seen the deep freeze to prove it. Duncanites were among the luckiest in a two-state area during and after the February deep freeze. My unofficial reckoning showed 283 straight hours at freezing or
Read moreIt was not Mark Twain, but his pal Charles Dudley Warner, who observed, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Well, that old editor of The Hartford Courant never met Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. After declaring a State
Read moreHere in Duncan we had what looks to be a close call. All gas users were asked to curtail consumption – lower thermostats 5 to 10 degrees during the worst hours. As there was no ice or strong wind the
Read moreAs a sycophantic fan of our twice-impeached former president, it is no surprise that Gov. Kevin Stitt keeps acting as if he alone represents the people of Oklahoma. Having just been knocked down in the State Supreme Court for illegally
Read moreOne of the more inane choruses in the Republican’s repertory is their promise to “run government like a business.” This ignores the very basic distinction between businesses and governments. The goal of any business is to make money. Governments are
Read morePresident Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election fair and square. It’s time set aside the lies of a deluded egotist with a limited understanding of the U.S. electoral process. From mealy-mouthed whining to spouting outright lies, too many Republicans
Read more