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At the time, I was surfing YouTube for saxophonists and street performers. So, it was no surprise when my menu presented me a cute, dark-haired little girl holding a soprano sax in what looked to be a mall setting.
Read moreGov. Kevin Stitt energized a political foe in May, 2021. Attorney General Mike Hunter resigned to avoid a “distraction” after word leaked of his affair with a state employee. At the time, Gentner Drummond, who had lost to
Read moreBack in my early newspaper days, we young reporters would grouse about stonewalling officials and bigwigs committing dubious deeds. A common refrain was, “This is a clear-cut case for tactical nuclear weaponry.” We had no such arsenal, of
Read moreAt midmonth, CNBC announced its rankings of America’s Top States for Business in 2023. And Oklahoma finished second – from the bottom – in Life, Health & Inclusion. Only Texas, with its exploding population, ranked as a worse state
Read moreConstant corporate propaganda and the spiels of their purchased politicians – mostly of the Republican persuasion – have convinced many Americans that a big, bad government is out to get them. It is a case of mass hysteria,
Read moreJuly 3 was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth – until July 4. Until…until…until. One estimate was that they were the hottest days in 125,000 years. At the end of June, Nature Sustainability published the findings of
Read more“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Thomas Jefferson inspired
Read moreDuring my hermiting days in Woodward, I would catch a weather report about an approaching cold front and hie myself out to Boiling Springs State Park, scramble through the underbrush to a high spot and just wait for the
Read moreLet’s say something nice about Republicans. No, not those still defending the bigoted, misogynistic fascist who tried to overthrow our republic. But, last month, the Republican-dominated Oklahoma Legislature introduced Gov. Kevin Stitt to the notion of separate branches
Read moreLast week State School Supt. Ryan Walters continued his campaign against public education in Oklahoma (there’s an Oklahoma standard for you) by showing “a taxpayer-funded ‘propaganda’ video that educators viewed as a threat to their safety and livelihoods,” according
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