Petitition drive to have President Obama create Secretary of the Arts
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, …
Call for Oklahoma Democrats to make change HERE
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 …
Git yer Oklahoma Netroots bookmark, blogroll and widget code here
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 …
OETA interview with Wilma Mankiller to repeat 1pm Sunday
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 …
Deepak Chopra on Mumbai attacks and "war on terror"
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 …
5 year blogiversary, or, my Thanksgiving story
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 …
Oklahoma Political News Roundup
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, …
I'm creating the Peace Arena Activist Blog Awards
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 …
I no longer recognize marriage
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 …