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Shall We Treat Women Like Broken Dinner Plates?

January 15th, 2012 · 2 Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger On Nov. 2, 2010, the people of Oklahoma were asked to decide a very important question.  They were asked to decide whether or not the state’s courts should be directed to rely solely on federal and state law, or whether other bodies of law… international law, laws of other [...]

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Former Member of Electoral College Hopes to Change State Law to Prevent Repeat of Obama

October 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Early this afternoon, I was one of many people who received an email from Paul R. Hollrah, a frequent guest blogger on this site.  In his message, Hollrah tackles misconceptions about the Electoral College based upon his experience as a member of that body on two occasions.  In addition, he shares details of how he [...]

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Sooners Top Preseason College Football Poll

August 4th, 2011 · No Comments

Sure, it’s a preseason college football coaches poll, but — HEY! — it has the Oklahoma Sooners in the #1 spot and the Oklahoma State Cowboys at #8, so I simply had to share it in this space. BOOMER SOONER or GO POKES? Because I grew up a Sooners fan before graduating from Oklahoma State [...]

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Memories of Smalltown Freedoms Recalled (Update)

July 3rd, 2011 · 3 Comments

Today, more than ever before, the freedoms celebrated by Americans on Independence Day appear to be at risk.  Among the most important are some freedoms I remember growing up with in Enid, Okla., during the ‘60s and ‘70s. The people of Enid had the freedom to feed the world. Because my “forever hometown” in North [...]

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Oklahoma Leads Way in Election Law Reform

February 8th, 2011 · No Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger When I first moved to Oklahoma from New York in 1963, Tulsa was known far and wide as the Oil Capital of the World.  Other than possessing more miles of lake frontage than any other state in the nation, Oklahoma was not among the nation’s leaders in any other [...]

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‘Saving Junior’ Tells Story of Hope in West Africa (Update)

January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

Four days ago, I told readers of this blog about political unrest greeting travelers in West Africa and urged them to “stay tuned” as I awaited the availability of a video produced by one of those travelers.  Below, I share that much-anticipated video, “Saving Junior.”   Produced by family friend Jake Meyer, the video captures [...]

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‘Uncontested Divorce’ Sad Sign of the Times

December 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Nothing like a cheap divorce settlement to make one’s day, huh? <– Sarcasm. A sad sign of the times, shot by a friend in Norman, Okla.

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