El Degüello – Citizens United or We The People

Originally posted on January 15, 2012. Updated on February 18, 2012. Remember the $540,000 of nasty political ads expended by “Super PACs” in City Council elections last year? The Committee For Oklahoma City Momentum spent about $415,000 and Voice For...

The Men Who Kicked The Hornets Nest

Credit The Who for background audio, “Who Are You,” in the video, above, and Swedish author Stieg Larrson for the concept — his Dragon Tatoo trilogy is almost certainly the finest political/crime/suspense literature of this century and the Swedish movie...

Well, Shut My Mouth!

Just when I kinda thought I’d correctly pigeonholed some if not most members of the Oklahoma City Council into one place or another, I’ll be darned if I didn’t have to eat my words at about 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday November 15, 2011, and I’m...

October 18 — Another Fun Day At The Races

Originally posted on October 19; updated on October 22 to update the item on Ed Shadid’s resolution to be presented to the council on October 25 concerning discrimination prohibition. The October 18, 2011, City Council meeting provided several items worthy of...

Will the OK Legislature Blow Off the Native American Center in OKC?

Two Former Governors, One Democrat, One Republican, Hope Not Will the Oklahoma Legislature let this masterpiece-in-progress die, mid-stream, in its tracks? In the above video produced by the Chickasaw Nation and published a couple of days ago, two former governors,...