My "local" grocery store is 2.2 miles away, or 4.5+ hours round trip by foot
According to Google Maps, I can hop in my car and get to a nice Homeland Supermarket in 8 minutes. Lucky me. Not all my neighbors are that fortunate, and …
Sustainability forum in Edmond disrupted by anti UN attenders
At least that’s how is sounds in this article: Protesters cut short Edmond sustainability forum » Local News » The Edmond Sun. Not only are they against anything with Democratic …
All your emails are belong to Inhofe
A big part of the reason I haven’t been blogging much is that I just feel like I don’t have the ability or opportunity these days to do enough reading …
MAPS: On the move to get your money
Anti-MAPS video made by my friend David.
Local Twitterers for community service
This sounds like an interesting project: During the January ice storm, Twitter served as a powerful reporting tool – crowdsourced news. What if we had used it to find people …
The story behind Obama's uexpected walk past National Archives during parade
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/3213029181_0a4fdd514e_m.jpg" alt="Obamas Inaugural Parade Walk" align="left" />This is cool. That populist gesture was not spontaneous as many watchers might have thought, but the location for it was thoughtfully chosen …
Oklahoma Agriculture Profile from American Farmland Trust
“Every year, more than 28,000 acres of Oklahoma’s prime farmland is lost to development.” STATE HIGHLIGHTS Number of Farms 83,300 Number of Government Subsidy Recipients 40,249 Oklahoma’s Share of U.S. …
New Progressive Oklahoma Journal from Red Flag Press
I got a email today from my friend, writer and Oklahoma firebrand extraordinaire, Rachel Jackson: I have some important news I’d like to share with you. The first issue of …
Can one mad Englishman save the world with pomegranates?
I firmly believe that one person can change the world, and this story illustrates how it can happen. James Brett took a business trip to Pakistan in 1999 and, as …