We Oklahoma Democrats who stayed home and held the fort so to speak were firmly riveted to our TV screens every evening through Thursday this past week. Even though it happened in Philadelphia, PA, it is not every day of the World we get to see such history in the making. Nominating the first woman…
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Marketing Trump’s invented reality
Let it never be said we do not live in interesting times. The American political stage departed from interesting this past week and immersed the nation in the surreal. For the record allow me to clarify that the terms “interesting” and “surreal” are not synonyms. In case you missed it, the Republican National Committee held…
Continue ReadingAn honor and a privilege to serve
At the end of a week where the wicked World seemed to be imploding all over from Dallas to Nice to Turkey, we here along the most conservative stretch of Old Route 66 have kept plugging along. Aside from a few local candidates doing their due diligence of door knocking in their respective districts, several…
Continue ReadingDocumentary film review: A Better Life
My dear brothers, sisters, readers of Reason Rest Stop and only friends, you all no doubt recall how often I enjoy writing glowing testimonials of the venues, enclaves, social organizations and events that make living along this the most conservative stretch of Old Route 66 tolerable for people like us. I had another such opportunity…
Continue ReadingFeeling a gentle breeze of change
Primary election week has come and gone along this the most conservative stretch of Old Route 66 and after a record number of challenges to state legislative seats, only a few incumbents failed muster with voters in their respective districts. There are some thirteen legislative races going to runoff election on August 23rd, two Democratic…
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