George Carlin was awarded the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor, but died before the ceremony to give it. Many of the country's best comedians came together in his honor for the ceremony, which was broadcast on PBS in high definition. OETA pre-empted the PBS broadcast for a pledge drive spec...

Factual reality: OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)–New details released by the White House show 43,300 jobs will be saved or created in Oklahoma over two years by a stimulus package that is the heart of President Obama’s economic recovery plan. Oklahoma officials said Wednesday they are waiting for spe...

One of the thing that drives me the craziest about the ignorance-embracing climate change deniers is that as soon as the temperature goes below 32°F, their remarks are as predictable as sunrise: "Whew, it's cold! Where's Al Gore's global warming when we need it? HAR HAR HAR! I'm so hilarious! An...

Unsurprisingly, it is based on flat-out lies. We're not talking about "you can interpret the data to support Inhofe's position." We're talking about taking studies that say "X," and Inhofe and his staff releasing reports based on the argument that those reports say "the opposite of X," and using the...

Eric Pollard, an OU graduate attending the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, encapsulates why I sometimes feel despair: I’m from Oklahoma. Which as of November 4th, is the reddest, most conservative state in the US (take that Utah!). It’s the home of Senator James Inhofe wh...

I know I haven’t blogged in a while. I’m still here. It’s been a difficult time, with my energy not picking up as much as I hoped it would. That leads me to write less, which leads to less business, which makes everything harder. But I’ve also been depressed about the local p...

After yesterday's latest Danborenocentric view of the universe, a friend asked me, "How does Oklahoma keep picking such crappy leaders?" He was referring not just to Boren but also to Inhofe, Coburn, and Sally Kern. We seem to have more than our fair share of stupidity-bigotry eruptions. I told him ...

Remember how I said that the problem with Sally Kern was that she wanted to enact her anti-gay agenda while pretending it was really everyone else who was trying to enact an agenda, but not sweet little Sally? (Well, that and enacting laws to enforce her religious beliefs upon all Oklahomans, while ...

Three People Didn’t Vote On The G.I. Bill Here is the roll call. Ted Kennedy - who just got out of the hospital Tom Coburn John McCain ¾ of the Senate voted for the bill. All the votes against the bill were Republicans. Coburn is notorious for being against the Government spending any m...

(Sorry for this rant, but if I don't get this off my chest, I'll be muttering to myself for days. Plus, I assure you, the KFOR link is only the most ad-free link to the short Associated Press story.) The state legislature recently passed SB 1878, better known as the "force the murderous sluts to see...