Here along the most conservative stretch of Old Route 66, the characteristic of religiosity commensurate with the values of the political majority comes with the territory. I can personally attest that a strong religious atmosphere in Tulsa was the norm of my childhood and adolescence. Even as a young boy, the open competition among the…
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Sounding the call to serve once again
Last month when I signed up for a job to be a poll worker there were positions available for some 400 applicants to serve the needs of all the Election Day voting precincts in Tulsa County. For there to be that great a need for so many is a fairly new phenomenon and one which…
Continue ReadingKansas: Still rocking it at 50
Although it may seem a repetitive sentiment, it is true that the more things change the more they stay the same. I say this because despite making a unique sound of music for half a century, the progressive classic rock band Kansas still sounds the same as I remember them upon being intoxicated by their…
Continue ReadingOklahoma’s Big 12 Conference farewell tour
It truly has been a wild ride. All those years ago it was received as a wonderful idea to merge all of a league which has been a stable fixture in the regional collegiate athletic landscape since its original founding in 1907 with the upper tier of one that had been existing on borrowed time…
Continue ReadingA year of leading the way
Beginning the 1st of July of last year and ending with the 30th of June, it was a year of leading from the front for Yours Truly. Yes, I have completed a one-year term as President of the Rotary Club of Tulsa Will Rogers. Commonly known as Will Rogers Rotary, it is one of the…
Continue ReadingOn our way to another Oklahoma City
Oklahoma, the home state of Yours Truly, is endowed with an embarrassment of riches like none other in the Union. It is a place of natural beauty and mineral resources inhabited by people with a can-do industrious spirit who represent a very colorful tapestry of multiple cultures, lifestyles and faiths. As a hub of trade,…
Continue ReadingOur spring of inflation, alienation and a windfall
We now find ourselves in the Spring of 2022 and our World seems new, different, challenging, awesome and last but not least, expensive. It does not seem to matter that a seasoned public servant now resides in the White House. Even though executive decision making now places the nation’s interest above that of any individual’s…
Continue ReadingInsult, injury and rebranding of Oklahoma Football
As with love and politics, much can happen in the world of college football in one week’s time to completely alter the image of a program and the outlook for its future. The dark clouds created by actions of individuals may not pack the forthcoming gloom and doom they typically represent. Here along the Mother…
Continue ReadingPandemic verse two: Covid still in charge
Here we are a year and a half removed from our initial universal lockdown and the old saying holds true: the more things change the more they stay the same. Also too, if nothing changes, nothing changes. Even though myself and many of my friends and associates are fully vaccinated, this whole World seems like…
Continue Reading50 years of desegregation: Tulsa edition
One claim any American born in the 1940s, 50s and 60s can make that can never be refuted is that we have lived in not only interesting but changing times. While it may be true the technology and wherewithal required to live day to day as a fully engaged citizen in 2021 is a great…
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