Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made her formal announcement on Sunday that she was a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. Image by HillaryClinton.com Hillary Clinton, once the President of the Wellesley College Young Republicans, enters the fray with another ex-Republican. Democrat Jim Webb, the former Virginia Senator,…
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The Oklahoma Hall of Shame rapid expansion week
Since the late evening hours of this past Sunday when the infamous OU Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity racist chant video went viral, I have had to stop myself multiple times from making this post. There have been other news items this week worthy of admission to this expansion of the Hall of Shame. They include the passage of HB 1125…
Continue ReadingDocumentary Film Review: Children of the Civil Rights
President Harry Truman once said, “The only thing new in this world is the history that you don’t know.” On this fiftieth anniversary commemoration of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Circle Cinema held a special showing of the documentary film Children of the Civil Rights. It was indeed a celebration of a piece of not so much…
Continue ReadingReflections of national values on Super Bowl Sunday
Being a diehard Oklahoma Sooner fan and fan of college football in general, I do not follow the pro game other than maybe to see from time to time how former OU players are doing. Some who were drafted into the pros after their playing days at OU went on to have stellar careers. Admittedly, some have…
Continue ReadingCulture Wars: The Reddest State Front
The legislature of the state representing the Mother Road’s most conservative stretch has wasted no time in the new session introducing bills to outlaw or maximally marginalize those who do not share the values or belief system of the duly elected representatives of the cultural majority. One such elected culture warrior whose controversial views are…
Continue ReadingA look back at 2014
As I make my final journal entry and blog post of 2014 I find myself waxing nostalgically for the year gone by. Like all other calendar years of our life before it, 2014 had its personal, political and economic highs and lows along with its special moments and of course its fair share of forgettable ones. For me personally…
Continue ReadingWrapping up Volume 40
On New Year’s Day 1975 I took a walk in the freezing cold down to the neighborhood Quik Trip and purchased a spiral notebook, one with a Friends of the Earth photo of a hazy forest scene entitled Pines in the Mist. It became Volume 1 of my personal daily journal. I began keeping a daily personal journal in the…
Continue ReadingThe benefits and non-disaster of legal marijuana
On the way home from work this afternoon I heard the story on NPR of the Attorneys General of the States of Oklahoma and Nebraska filing a lawsuit against Colorado challenging that state’s legalization of marijuana. It seems that the plaintiff state’s AGs have high hopes of US Supreme Court intervention citing the supremacy clause. …
Continue ReadingThe legend of Lil’Red
Oh, how glorious it is to have pets, especially dogs, especially dogs with character and especially dogs with special talents! It seems I often find myself in the pleasant company of dog people, either people who rescue them, train them, or merely keep them as their closest friends. This often causes me to wax nostalgically of my now…
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