I know it’s been said before, but our long national nightmare is over…unless, of course, you live in Oklahoma. While the more austere of us will be celebrating this new era of hope, in many of...
Earlier this week, KFOR interviewed clinical psychologist Dr. Caleb Lack on the impact inflammatory language used by political leaders can have on the beliefs, and possibly behaviors, of people...
Even though Sen. James Lankford went ahead and decided not to object to the Electoral College certification for President Elect Joe Biden following last Wednesday’s white-storm on the U.S. capitol...
Yesterday’s attack on Capitol Hill by a pro-Trump mob seems to have been nothing short of an act of domestic terrorism. Many of the attackers appeared to have been trying to stop the certification...
Thanks to the US Supreme Court’s McGirt ruling, the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma has begun letting oil and gas companies to expect some new taxes on natural resources extracted from tribal...
It’s time to update Kevin Stitt’s long and growing list of gubernatorial blunders! On Friday afternoon, we broke the news that Kevin Stitt had appointed Melissa Crabtree – a Hallmarky...
I have never eaten at Swadley’s Bar-B-Q, mostly because I’d rather spend my precious time writing about the small-town, country-based roadhouse smokehouses where mom and pop serve some of the...
Red alert! Earlier this week, esteemed Oklahoma Representative and Trump-enthusiast Markwayne Mullin was interviewed by KTUL in Tulsa about “widespread” instances of voter fraud in the 2020...
Even though we’re almost to the 72nd consecutive hour of Election Day, not all of Tuesday’s races have us hanging by an anxious thread. In fact, TLO called the US Senate race for Jim Inhofe mere...
With the power still defiantly out in the moderately low-income neighborhood I, unfortunately, live in, the trucks of outsourced electric companies mostly speed right through, never stopping and...
Happy Monday, my fellow Oklahomans! We are officially one day and 14,842 campaign texts away from the 2020 Election. Last week, The Tulsa World published a handy dandy guide to the candidates and...
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day or, as many racists still like to call it, Columbus Day! While many of us Natives will be honoring this day with a time of deep reflection, mostly to show the world...
As you probably know, President Trump has been sounding the alarms and warning bells that this year’s election will be rigged and fraudulent thanks to mail-in voting. Since that’s the...
I’ve had a weight problem all of my life, made even worse by the fact that everyone in my family is mostly thin. I’ve been called every heavy name in the book and, even though I’ve lost massive...
Even though Governor Kevin Stitt claims to have some Native blood in him, he seemingly has it out for the Indigenous people of Oklahoma, with his attack on Oklahoma’s Native-owned casinos his most...
Many times—more than I’d actually like to count—people have asked me if I was ever going to review the legendary Eskimo Joe’s in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Usually, I’ll try to change the...
In my many years of writing for various publications across Oklahoma City, I have received almost every kind of death threat one possibly can. While they usually elicit laughter more than anything...
This weekend, Oklahoma’s second city, Tulsa, will be overflowing with visitors from all over the state and surrounding areas to hear the words of the great healer of this heartbroken nation, Donald...
As I’m sure you’ve heard, Donald Trump is visiting Tulsa later this week for a big White Power Make America Great Again rally at the BOK Center, located just blocks from where one of the...
TLO’s most sincere and heartfelt thoughts go out to the friends, family and worshippers of former Oklahoma US Senator Dr. Tom Coburn. He passed away over the weekend due to complications from...
Give Oklahoma lawmakers some credit. They don’t mess around when it comes to pandering to their fellow Evangelical voters! Yesterday afternoon, the Oklahoma House decided to close the first...
After coasting on cruise control for his first 10 months in office, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt recently decided to mix things up – and showcase his political inexperience – by taking on...
It looks like the only thing thicker than Kevin Stitt’s eyebrows is his ego. Over the weekend, our Governor celebrated yet another accomplishment in his quest to arbitrarily make Oklahoma a Top...
I first met Liz Sawyer almost twenty years ago, at a party thrown by our mutual pal Nick. While our circle of then-friends was a mostly unctuous group of raucous twenty-somethings, Liz and I bonded...
Last week, small-r mayor David Holt put his moderately-priced smartphone camera down for a few minutes to sign a proclamation that designates September 15th through October 15th as Hispanic Heritage...
