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The Oklahoma Observer
1d ago
When a fox attacks a hen house, is it uncivil for the hens to raise a ruckus? Two Supreme Court justices say it is. Elevating collegiality above social justice, right-wing extremist Amy Coney Barrett and progressive jurist Sonia Sotomayor have jointly been hailing America’s top court as a model of genteel political discourse, claiming that […]
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The Oklahoma Observer
2d ago
The 2024 Legislature’s best moment so far came when Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat referred to two of his chamber’s chief demagogues as “terrorists.” Too cynical? Perhaps. But history suggests each session’s first two months often are best remembered, if at all, for wacky ideas and flamboyant personalities, not serious public policy ..read more
The Oklahoma Observer
4d ago
BY KEVIN ACERS Ryan Walters’ face must be stinging from all the red flags flapping around him. Surely at least one has snapped across his cheeks. As has been widely reported, Walters used taxpayer money to hire a public relations firm to raise his national media profile. This in itself hoisted a large ..read more
The Oklahoma Observer
4d ago
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances.” Familiar words now, but for how much longer once Republican cancel-cultural commandos realize that Shakespeare wrote a slew of sonnets praising the “Lord of my love?” Shakespeare fleshes out Jacques’ observation in As You Like It with a ..read more
The Oklahoma Observer
6d ago
Real life froze four Marches ago. Clocks stood still. Memory turned into before and after. The Covid pandemic claimed more than a million American lives. We don’t speak of it much, but we carry a deep sense of loss for all we missed. The trips we didn’t take. The friends or lovers we never met. […]
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The Oklahoma Observer
1w ago
Can we address critical thinking skills again? A clip at a campaign rally showed rally goers answering a reporter’s question, “What do you think about the former president claiming he’d be dictator for a day?” “Maybe we need a dictator,” one of them said. Sure, he sneers at the same people you do ..read more