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Boren’s Do-Si-Do

February 8, 2010

BY RICHARD L. FRICKER
As once said, “You shouldn’t drink that early, or whatever you’re smoking you need to share.” So it is with Congressman Dan Boren, Turncoat-Muskogee, and his suggestion in Midwest City over the weekend that President Obama should start taking advice from renowned senatorial nitwit Tom Coburn.
It would be laughable, except that Muskogee’s [...]

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The Obvious Is So Obvious

February 3, 2010

BY JAMES NIMMO
If the obvious is obvious, then why skirt around the obvious word? Isn’t it obvious gays and lesbians are the obvious targets?
Let me explain.
GOPer state Rep. Jason Nelson gets a bit squirrelly in his use of the word “shell” in reference to his bill to arrest clergy who perform religious ceremonies he doesn’t [...]

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A Swing And A Miss

February 1, 2010

BY ARNOLD HAMILTON
Gov. Brad Henry’s eighth – and final – State of the State address today was a combination trip down memory lane and power of positive thinking pep talk.
The approach was understandable: Facing a $1 billion-plus budget hole next year and draconian cuts in state services, it was far more pleasant to recall those [...]

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Fact Check

January 31, 2010

BY RICHARD L. FRICKER
This is not about abortion, right to life, right to choice or any of the other terms which dominate pregnancy termination discussion. This is about accuracy devoured by hyperbole and a press letting hyperbole stand as fact.
The event was a speech hosted by Bishop Edward Slatery during the Jan. 24 Tulsa March [...]

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Slaying GOP Goliath

January 30, 2010

BY KENNY BELFORD
As President Obama stood before the Republicans, absent of teleprompters and script, prepared to take on their questions and debate their points it offered great drama.
I couldn’t help but make the comparison between our current and past president. Bush wouldn’t have even understood the questions, much less been able to call up actual, [...]

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