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The Incredible Shrinking McCarthy | The Oklahoma Observer
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Trailblazer | The Oklahoma Observer
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The Lies Of George Santos: Quantity Over Quality | The Oklahoma Observer
In the movie classic, All About Eve, George Sanders as the snob theater critic rakes scheming young actress Anne Baxter over the lies she told about her har ...
January, 2023 | The Oklahoma Observer
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The Hangover | The Oklahoma Observer
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'By Their Fruits ...' | The Oklahoma Observer
We did not have to wait until after Christmas for a pontificating, Republican public Christian to show his true beliefs. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shipped busl ...
Im-Mute-Able McCarthy | The Oklahoma Observer
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Shared Genes Refute Racists | The Oklahoma Observer
Christmas comes but once a year. It must be a strain for American political Christians to spend a few weeks spouting tidings of good cheer to all of humanit ...
Let It Go ... Away | The Oklahoma Observer
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People I Don't Want To See Next Year | The Oklahoma Observer
There are media heavies we saw written about, talked about, day after tedious day, month after tiresome month. May the obsession over them fade in 2023. Meh ...
Peace And Goodwill | The Oklahoma Observer
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'White' Christmas | The Oklahoma Observer
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Trump Isn't The Only Big Lie Grifter | The Oklahoma Observer
Most Americans know by now that former President Donald Trump isn't a brilliant business executive, let alone a "stable genius" who earned bi ...
Banking Bandits | The Oklahoma Observer
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TikTok Needs To Leave These Shores | The Oklahoma Observer
I've wiled away the half-hours on TikTok, time I'll never get back. I won't say there haven't been moments. I've seen some super br ...
Benedict Donald | The Oklahoma Observer
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2022: The Year Of The Workers | The Oklahoma Observer
'Tis the season of sugar plums and gift-giving – including the time that Time magazine hands out its somewhat pompous annual "Person of the Year&q ...
Kooky Claus | The Oklahoma Observer
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Big Cannabis And The Research Agenda | The Oklahoma Observer
"Find a new vice," my doctor told me. Smoking one joint a day, he said, increases your risk of lung cancer by 8% each year. He is the top lung sur ...
The Face Of A Government Shutdown | The Oklahoma Observer
History buffs may think the fellow pictured atop this Yahoo news story is a modern version of Vladimir Lenin who was the founding member and first head of g ...
It's A Bird ... It's A Plane ... It's Con Man! | The Oklahoma Observer
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DeSantis Passes The Kool-Aid ... To Republicans | The Oklahoma Observer
Ron DeSantis has earned some recent notoriety for casting doubt on the COVID-19 vaccines and attacking the experts who happen to know about them. "It s ...
Better Watch Out ... | The Oklahoma Observer
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The Light Shines In The Darkness | The Oklahoma Observer
This week we experience the shortest day of the year for this part of the world, and as we prepare for the return of longer days, it is a time to reflect on ...
Free Speech For Me, Not Thee | The Oklahoma Observer
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Dumbing Down Teaching Standards | The Oklahoma Observer
Don’t get a teaching degree. Just get Uncle Floyd elected to the local school board. After all, it’s cheaper, a whole lot less work and teaching is only nin ...
People Shouldn't Live On The Streets. Period. | The Oklahoma Observer
A lot of smart voices seem afraid to say outright that homeless mentally ill people should be taken off the streets, forcibly if necessary. They may easily ...
A More Perfect Union | The Oklahoma Observer
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Joe Biden And The Price Of Gas | The Oklahoma Observer
It doesn't sound like much, but President Joe Biden is doing better on Main Street. His overall approval ratings have been slowly improving since Augus ...
MTG's Wish List | The Oklahoma Observer
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'What's Next?' | The Oklahoma Observer
Binge-watching 22-year-old reruns of The West Wing, I recalled the first time we watched it in a government class. I worried about the speed of the show’s w ...
O' Tannen-bomb | The Oklahoma Observer
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Skipping Stones But Not Stories | The Oklahoma Observer
Skipping stones across the ever-flowing river of life, I wonder when an elected Oklahoma Republican or party leader will find the courage to denounce the ly ...
Age Is Only A Number | The Oklahoma Observer
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That Cynical Senator Sinema | The Oklahoma Observer
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema could scarcely wait three days after the Georgia Senate runoff, which cemented Democratic control of the United States Senate, to announ ...
Like Sand Through The Hourglass ... | The Oklahoma Observer
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Holly Jolly Donnie | The Oklahoma Observer
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Cat Herder | The Oklahoma Observer
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Ni**od Elephants | The Oklahoma Observer
Well, well. Future House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, has announced the first thing he is going to do when he assumes the post is to have his Elephant nimr ...
Democrats Are Learning How To Win | The Oklahoma Observer
By removing the Iowa caucuses as the first stop in picking a presidential candidate, would Democrats be giving up on Iowa? Not at all. The opposite could happen. It's true that the Iowa caucuses crowned Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, two times each, and the state followed in the g ...
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For 52 years, The Oklahoma Observer has served as the state’s only journal of free voices, providing news, analysis, and commentary that can’t be found in Oklahoma’s uniformly conservative mainstream media. Our motto: To comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Focusing primarily on political and social issues within our government and society, we aim to shine a light on rank hypocrisy and public corruption. Our hard hitting pieces on public education reform, health and welfare, civil liberties and separation of church and state have lead to some referring to us as “the conscience of Oklahoma.”
We speak truth to power, no matter who’s in charge: During Governor Henry Bellmon’s era, we were considered too Republican. During Governor Mary Fallin’s recently-completed term, we were attacked as too Democratic. At times, they’ve thrown darts at us at both political headquarters.
When Father John Joyce launched The Oklahoma Observer more than a half century ago, it was financed primarily through a subsidy from the Catholic Archdiocesan Council. But, church leaders yanked their support because of Father Joyce’s vigorous opposition to the Vietnam War.
Rather than accept The Observer’s demise, Father Joyce offered to sell it to the Frosty Troy, the Tulsa Tribune’s state Capitol correspondent. Frosty and his wife, Helen, agreed to the acquisition, beginning the paper’s transformation into Oklahoma’s premier independent journal of commentary.
For 36 years, Helen served as publisher and Frosty as editor, an unbeatable combination that produced an impressive list of state and national awards. In September 2006, Frosty and Helen partnered with Arnold and Beverly Hamilton to transition The Observer into the state’s second century. Helen retired in January 2007, and died later that year; Frosty retired in early 2013 and died Jan. 19, 2017.
The Hamiltons have deep Oklahoma roots: Both are third-generation Okies, raised in Midwest City. They returned to the state for good three decades ago, after living in California and Texas. Before becoming Observer publisher, Beverly spent nearly six years as a financial secretary at Edmond Santa Fe High School. Arnold was the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief for nearly two decades. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.
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