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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Feed My Children

Sharon Martin - November 5, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN In a free and wealthy country, there should be no pockets of hunger. In an age of enlightenment, food should provide nourishment, not...

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Trump and Taxes

Sharon Martin - October 27, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN “We have the highest tax rate in the world,” Donald Trump said last week on Fox News. If his rude speech and bombastic...

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Civility And Common Ground

Sharon Martin - October 20, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN The Democratic debate was civil. The candidates discussed ideas and solutions. Why are we surprised? When did presidential elections become a media...

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This Ain’t Politics

Sharon Martin - October 4, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN If you are more worried about getting the backing of the NRA than you are about the grieving families in Oregon, you...

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What Teachers Know: One Teacher’s List

Sharon Martin - September 22, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN Some smart kids don’t test well. What helps a kid score well on the next test isn’t necessarily what makes him a thinker...

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5.0

Based on 17 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

Charles Nuckolls

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

Kristopher Masterman

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

Penny Ellinger Bostwick

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

Pamela Ruth Henry

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

Victor Hutchison

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

Tim O'Connor

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

Dennis Whiteman

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

M Tim Blake

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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2016-09-02T14:16:09+0000

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2013-12-01T04:21:51+0000

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