Obama is being inundated with requests, but this one stood out to me: A petition drive, inspired by musician Quincy Jones, for the establishment of a Secretary of the Arts, a cabinet level position to encourage, preserve and maintain our significant artistic and cultural heritage. This is on a par with what most other industrialized [...]
Candace Richardson was one of the hardest workers for Obama in Oklahoma. Like many of us progressives, she’s a little concerned about what caused Oklahoma to buck the trend and move to the Right instead of the Left in the election.
She’s put out a call for others to join her in making some changes in [...]
This will be a temporary measure, as I hope to put something more customized together that can be collectively managed. But for now, I have used Google Reader to collect all the Oklahoma Netroots blogs I have found, and, made the list public, so anyone who wants to can enjoy.
If you’re just a reader or [...]
OETA’s program “A Conversation With …” has completed that sentence with “Wilma Mankiller” and the program will be replayed several times in the next couple of weeks.
An excerpt is provided at the program page gives a taste of the interview, and of Mankiller’s interesting life and many contributions to our state and country.
Upcoming [...]
With the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, for the past two days, CNN viewers in the U.S. have been getting the international CNN feed, rather than the mostly crap CNN usually plays in this country. When CNN is good, which is rare these days, you really can’t beat in, not on basic cable, anyway.
So, [...]
I started blogging on Thanksgiving weekend in 2003. I was inspired by an Oklahoma blog I started reading shortly after moving to the state in January. That blog: JMBzine and its owner is now a friend and colleague of mine in several social service and political projects.
Of course, I have blogged very sporatically, and [...]
Grassroots power. The Oklahoma Democratic Party is trying to keep funding the staff people that were part of Howard Dean’s 50-state grassroots party-building strategy. That program is being laid down, apparently — despite its demonstrable success for the past two campaign cycles. I could go off on that tangent for a rant, but back to [...]
I’ve decided to bestow some blog awards to celebrate my upcoming 5-year blogging anniversary, which corresponds with Thanksgiving weekend. Since there isn’t a lot of time to prepare for this year’s awards, it will be a simple, rushed affair. So fitting!
But I’m serious about honoring the recipients, who toil in near obscurity day after [...]
This is an excellent idea.
Yesterday I called a woman’s spouse her boyfriend.
She says, correcting me, “He’s my husband,”
“Oh,” I say, “I no longer recognize marriage.”
The impact is obvious. I tried it on a man who has been in a relationship for years,
“How’s your longtime companion, Jill?”
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