Prepare yourself. Oklahoma is going on a killing spree
It’s not hard to predict how Oklahoma’s new execution method will play out. The future of the death penalty in Oklahoma may have been established in 2015 when Republican Rep. …
To We, the Many: Let the banners drop, the strike be called, the revolution go forward
This is the intro to my podcast, Left in Oklahoma, episode 25, for Feb. 6, 2018. It’s a complaint as old as protest itself: “Your tactics are wrong. You are …
OKC council rejects Indigenous People’s Day proposal for second year
For the second year in a row, the Oklahoma City city council has failed to pass a popular initiative to name the second Monday in October as Indigenous People’s Day, as has been …
Why I wasn’t there
I missed the OKC event marking the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. I couldn’t bring myself to risk witnessing more pro-war propaganda associated with MLK.
Photos and report from the 2011 Oklahoma Democratic Party State Convention
So yeah, I went to the convention yesterday and I lived to tell the tale! Photos The Oklahoman story Former state lawmaker to head Oklahoma Democrats describes how a credentialing …
Welcome Malee
div.slideshow {border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom:86px;}div.slideshow-thumbnails {height:86px;bottom:-86px} The Oklahoma City Zoo’s new baby elephant, born on April 15, now has a name, Malee. I visited on Tuesday, my …
Pink Wave spreads pro-choice, pro-family message to legislators
[For a gallery view of the photos, see my Picasa album.] Billed as a “Pink Wave” because of the color of their t-shirts and signs, supporters of real family values …
Going to the Oklahoma Democratic Party State Convention this Saturday
I am going to the Oklahoma Democratic Party convention this Saturday as an alternate delegate with a proxy, and thus a vote in the statewide party elections for officers. I …
Corporate tax dodgers get a tax bill from OKC MoveOn.org members
MoveOn members and supporters rallied and listened to Frosty Troy and others set the record straight on the so-called deficit crisis, then presented employees at a local Chase Bank with …