Bob McCarty Writes

On Oct. 2, Catherine Bleish was one of a handful of speakers who revved up a crowd of 2,000 at the St. Charles (Mo.) Tea Party.  Ten days later, she found herself in jail in the South St. Louis city of Maplewood.
“I was standing in line outside,” the 25-year-old told me Monday afternoon during an [...]

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Skyrocketing gas prices seem to be dominating news headlines alongside discussions about the propriety of increasing oil and natural gas exploration efforts in the United States. Raised in the oil patch of rural Oklahoma, I’m understandably drawn — like a moth to a flame, I am — to those headlines and discussions. So [...]

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As reported in this article in The Oklahoman today, Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the end of college football’s longest winning streak — 47 games — compiled by the Oklahoma Sooners under legendary coach Bud Wilkinson. A lifelong fan of the Sooners, news of this anniversary sparked in me the urge to [...]

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