First in a Series of Three Recently, I was invited by state Rep. Judd Strom and Labor Commissioner Leslie Osborn to testify at an Oklahoma House of Representatives interim...

One day we will put on our virtual reality goggles to tell our grandchildren about the once-upon-a-time when we sat around a table, fought with relatives, and ate strange...

THE BUGS ARE COMING!!!!! No, I’m not talking about a bad science fiction movie—I’m talking about how the range of many of our “peskier” insects and pests are expanding...

The 2023 OICA Fall Forum concluded last week, and it was an intense four days of learning and sharing for those attending the conference. Advocates in attendance shared...

The flash drought that had plagued the southwestern half of Oklahoma since mid-July appeared poised to explode across the entire state during October. As it began its...

Anyone familiar with the works of children’s author Bill Wallace knows that he set most of his stories in Oklahoma. He also incorporated quicksand into his plots, so much...

Two great political scandals rocked my first grade class. The first arose over accusations of glue-eating leveled against Toby Dawn McIntyre. As his desk partner, I had...

Work is ongoing on the remaining interim studies as we prepare to begin requesting and filing bills. I’ll discuss more of the studies that came before my committees soon,...

The next few weeks will be busy at the Capitol as our Senate committees work through the remaining interim studies. More than a dozen have already been conducted, and I’d...

With all the political fighting in our nation, I feel Willie and Waylon need to rerelease their hit song about Luckenbach, Texas, with a new chorus that says we are feuding...

I read an interesting article about how Oklahomans work far more hours and use less vacation than those in other states. Coincidentally, this was at the airport as my own...

Sometimes you see a headline and just go “huh.” That happened to me today when I can across an article talking about breeding cattle less susceptible to heat...

“Heat, humidity kills hundreds of US cattle during world's hottest month.” That was the headline from the first story that popped up on my computer when I started...

In my past two articles, I have shared some critical information on the horrors human trafficking. This conversation, brought to the forefront by the recent movie The Sound...

Oklahoma tried its best Al Pacino impression from “The Godfather Part III” during August, being pulled back into drought after nearly escaping its clutches completely...