And so it is we come again to Christina Fallin, daughter of Gov. Mary Fallin. Christina Fallin, 24, was chosen as the August Girl of the Month for Twenty Something Magazine, and partook in a photo shoot at the Governor’s Mansion as part of that. A hyper-kinetic video on the online magazine’s site offered a […]
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‘God calling us’
Freshman Oklahoma U.S. Rep. James Lankford recently offered his thoughts on several issues of national importance, ranging from U.S. military involvement in Libya to changes in Medicare under a Republican-backed budget plan. The congressman spoke June 20 at the Edmond Republican Women’s Club “Sundaes on a Monday” event, which also featured singer, gay rights opponent […]
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Is Sally Kern an aberration?
The first of many unsettling racist encounters as I traveled across Oklahoma was in a diner where a voter told me that “Obama should be taken out before it is too late.” In 2009, after the president was elected, colleagues and I saw a Tea Party protester at a rally outside the state Capitol with […]
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Fractured family
“Lord, I pray in spite of the many differences between them that would under normal circumstances cause division between them, that you would bring them together, Lord, in the common cause of your righteousness that alone can exalt people of this state,” Vineyard said. To some, it may seem an act of divine intervention would […]
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‘Got it going on’
Bush served as governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, and currently serves as chairman for the Foundation for Excellence in Education. Gov. Mary Fallin praised Bush for his work on reforming education in Florida, and for his conservative philosophy and governing style. “Gov. Bush truly is a man who believes in the limited government […]
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Geraldine Ferraro and the locked door
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 […]