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…
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Oklahoma’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…
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Messaging misery of miserable messengers
Marketing and sales are two endeavors which are eternally intertwined. Each requires the ability to effectively communicate and both rely on amicable relations with clientele to achieve a desired purpose, that being the sale of a product whether it be a tangible item, a service or an idea contained in either a tacit or actual…
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Retribution coming home to roost
Eight years ago this week a piece was published on this blog containing a detailed analysis of the candidate who had emerged as the GOP frontrunner for the 2016 Presidential Election. Regular readers may remember the August 2015 posting entitled The appeal of a narcissist. Probably the most pertinent and prophetic statement contained therein was…
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A 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…
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Half a century of all-volunteer service
In the prelude to America’s entry into World War II, President Roosevelt signed off on the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 on September 16th of that year. That act of Congress with multiple amendments resulted in the compulsory military enlistment of over ten million American men ages 18 to 44 between October 1940…
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Conservatism’s peak of power and influence
We live in a time that is definitely unlike any other. It was not all that long ago that ideas that have or are becoming policy in so many places were dismissed by most as being fringe at best and outright whackjob crazy at worst. In the late 1970’s, certain advisors serving as the brain…
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Building the case for a new document
Most of us can remember those halcyon days of our carefree early childhood when we attended kindergarten then first and second grade. We had taken a big step outside our familiar surroundings, ventured into an unknown place and were learning the rules of how to behave and interact with the grownups in charge as well…
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The Vietnam War + 50
Fifty years ago today, March 29th, 1973, the last U.S. combat troops left the Republic of Vietnam. Along with the troops who made their grand exit after turning over their duties to ARVN forces came the last group of Prisoners of War. This marked the official end of U.S. involvement in the armed conflict that…
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No recreational MJ for the Sooner State
Opportunities for radical change in the fundamental way a state does business with its citizens and how ordinary people relate to each other occur rarely. It is so very disappointing when such an opportunity is allowed to slip by, especially in light of the knowledge that such a chance to affect change in a major…
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