Sharon Martin

Educator, reading specialist and writer Sharon Martin's latest book, I've Got the Blues: Looking for Justice in a Red State, is available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble or, by sending $20 to PO Box 458, Oilton, OK 74052. She also is the author of Not A Prodigal, a poetry collection and 2019 Oklahoma Book Award finalist available through Barnes and Noble, and Froggy Bottom Blues, a children's picture book available through Doodle And Peck or Amazon.

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How Racism Is Taught

Sharon Martin - March 17, 2021 0

I often wake up with a song playing in my head. Usually, it weaves itself through my thoughts until I sing it out loud...

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Another Deadly Sin

Sharon Martin - March 11, 2021 0

Is there a special ring of hell for those who traffic in disinformation? We wiped out smallpox with vaccination, but in pockets of the world,...

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Economic Common Sense

Sharon Martin - March 2, 2021 0

Economics is a social justice issue. It is also a safety issue. In an age of decay, when the poor have nothing left to...

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A Shot In The Arm

Sharon Martin - February 9, 2021 0

When I was a reading specialist at an elementary school, my extra duty assignment was to steer 400 students through the lunchroom during their...

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Hungry Oklahoma

Sharon Martin - December 9, 2020 0

Food security, according to the USDA, means having access to the food and nutrition you need to support an active and healthy lifestyle. In...

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Tired

Sharon Martin - November 23, 2020 0

For too many who seek public office, politics isn’t about service but about power. The president’s refusal to acknowledge his loss is illustrating this...

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No More Alternative Facts

Sharon Martin - November 10, 2020 0

Decency is returning to the White House, but here is what President-elect Biden is up against: One of my many cousins posted “Impeach Biden” on...

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Disinformation Is Killing Us

Sharon Martin - October 30, 2020 0

A grocery store clerk in town is a local treasure. She knows everyone by name. She listens to them. She usually has just the...

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The Middle Way

Sharon Martin - October 21, 2020 0

Who benefits if citizens can’t access preventive medical care? How many homeless would find a way off the streets if mental healthcare were available to...

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5.0

Based on 22 reviews

Gayla Machell

2020-02-19T16:54:22+0000

Undoubtedly. The only publication of its kind in Oklahoma. We need to support the few forums for progressive discussion... in our state.read more

David Perryman

2019-02-16T14:14:01+0000

Excellent perspective, insight and commentary to balance the rhetoric produced by corporate controlled media in our... state and nationally.read more

Jay Keller

2019-01-25T16:39:00+0000

Great independent progressive resource!

Bill Housden

2018-12-12T20:30:46+0000

Common-sense discussion of Oklahoma politics.

Francie Conway

2018-09-05T18:39:49+0000

Enjoy for years��

Mary Francis

2018-02-12T20:24:01+0000

Frosty couldn't have found a better publisher and journalist than Arnold Hamilton to continue his superb legacy of... interesting, often funny and always outstanding reporting of the political news.read more

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2017-12-22T01:01:57+0000

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2017-12-18T19:24:59+0000

Galeda M. Jones

2017-11-29T00:56:08+0000

Have been a reader for years. Best paper in Oklahoma.

Bette Maffucci

2017-09-09T16:26:29+0000

It's the best publication to stay up with what REALLY is going on in this state. well written, thoroughly documented,... informative stories.read more

Patricia Cook Mauldin

2017-03-15T15:40:47+0000

Richard Grayson

2017-01-25T06:33:05+0000

Was so saddened to hear of Frosty Troys passing.I know my father who passed in 2012 was eagerly awaiting his arrival... in heaven...he was his biggest fan I believe and got me reading the observer at an early age.Please keep up the good work.read more

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2017-01-21T18:19:15+0000

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2017-01-21T17:44:09+0000

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2017-01-06T22:35:28+0000

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2017-01-06T20:52:41+0000

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2017-01-06T20:50:13+0000

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2017-01-06T20:24:14+0000

Mark Davies

2017-01-06T20:01:01+0000

It is a privilege to write commentaries for this important newspaper in our state.

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2017-01-02T05:02:06+0000

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