My plate was more than full, my family was thriving and all was right with my world — except that I longed for the excitement of the political life I’d left in Washington, D.C. I had worked in the Capitol city for progressive women running for the U.S. House and Senate, including a snappy, smart […]
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Counterpoint: Palin by comparison
Sarah Palin scares me. Not because she shoots guns or talks tough to good ol’ boys or wants more money for her state. Palin scares me because she could become president of the United States and not only is she unqualified, unprepared and uninformed, she makes it clear that while she’s free to make choices […]
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Super duper or party pooper?
“Front-loaded.” “First, at all costs.” “Super Tuesday.” “Super-Duper Tuesday.” If you haven’t already heard these buzz words, get ready. Just eight months from now, on Feb. 5, 2008, the atmosphere will be positively pulsating with media coverage and blog talk of early presidential primary elections being held in more than 20 states, including Oklahoma. […]
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Democracy: Can you do it?
The current state legislative session has been a good civics lesson, reminding us that our democracy exists only if we participate in it. Senate Bill 714, a bill that is bad for women, bad for physicians and nurses, bad for your health and bad for Oklahoma, almost became law last week. The bill […]
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The real Ralph Nader
In the Sixties, I inherited my dad’s Chevrolet Corvair and drove it all over Austin, Texas. My younger sister then drove it till it died somewhere between Waco, Texas, and Dallas. We had fun with that little car until we read in Ralph Nader’s groundbreaking book that it was “Unsafe at Any Speed.” The […]
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So much for compassion
One of the most divisive public issues in America is still legal abortion. People who oppose abortion ” for whatever reason ” won’t give an inch. Their elected or self-appointed representatives have chipped away at this safe and legal procedure, successfully limiting the availability, access, authority and often the discussion of abortion or […]
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It’s me I’m lookin’ for
Come on, admit it. You’ve given some thought to cosmetic surgery. At least once? Maybe more than once? I know I have. Clicking through pictures of my family playing in the sand and surf, I am puzzled. Who is that woman there with my children? It looks like my mother ” she of the […]
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Gas out of grass?
I live with a man who wants to make gas out of grass. I live with a man who talks to himself and anyone who will listen about farmland, feedstock and fuel tanks. I live with a man who has spent most of his adult life trying to figure out where and how […]
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Much ado about God
Last month’s primary elections were heavy with the usual rhetoric: smooth talk, trash talk, sweet talk, empty talk. Now God talk has been added to what was one of the most alienating elections we’ve had in a long time. In the 5th U.S. House District Republican primary, the five candidates became whirling dervishes of […]