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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Thank God For Tennessee
Editor's Note: This essay first appeared in the August print edition of The Oklahoma Observer.
BY JOHN THOMPSON
Oklahomans have often said “Thank God for Mississippi.”...
Will We Ever Learn?
Second of Two Parts
A note from Observer correspondent Richard L. Fricker: Gary Dotterman and I met as classmates the first year Bishop Kelly High...
A Gut-Wrenching Anniversary
First of Two Parts
BY RICHARD L. FRICKER
I'm in the Centennial Lounge of Tulsa’s VFW Post 577, lots of vintage rock on the jukebox. There's...
Heitkamp Headlines Frosty Fest ’14
U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-North Dakota, will be featured speaker Aug. 21 at Frosty Fest ’14, celebrating the muckraking career of the Observer’s founding...
Selling To ‘Minimalists’ Is Surprisingly Easy
BY FROMA HARROP It matters not whether you are sizing up, sizing down or sizing sideways. Merchants have products to help you on your way to the life you think you want. Before L. Frank Baum published his first Wizard of Oz book in 1900, he helped create the modern consumer society by totally redesigning […]