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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Election Year Blues

Sharon Martin - January 18, 2016 0

BY SHARON MARTIN My husband has been self-employed since his early 20s, first as a commercial artist and then as a fine artist. Here are...

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Peddling Fear

Sharon Martin - January 14, 2016 0

BY SHARON MARTIN It’s an election year, and candidates think they can win by stoking your fears. They want you to be afraid of Muslims,...

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Revolt Against Corruption

Sharon Martin - December 27, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN Why should Oklahomans have to pay for the mistakes of their elected officials? Why should we suffer in understaffed schools, drive over...

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What Is It Good For?

Sharon Martin - December 21, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN Marauding Buddhist monks terrorize citizens in Myanmar. Buddhists, for heaven’s sake! An avowed Christian kills three at a Planned Parenthood clinic. Two...

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Putting Legs To Our Prayers

Sharon Martin - December 14, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN After every mass shooting, there are plenty of thoughts and prayers. But if you suggest it is time to do something about...

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Ripped Off and Damned Mad

Sharon Martin - December 1, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN We Americans work our tails off, and for what? There is always a line of someones – insurance companies, phone companies, the cable...

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What Happened To Thanksgiving?

Sharon Martin - November 27, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN It was created as a day to share with family and friends the bounty around the table. Now, hucksters have commandeered Thanksgiving...

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Hatred Isn’t Holy

Sharon Martin - November 15, 2015 1

BY SHARON MARTIN I’ve heard, and I believe, that if your religious faith practices hate, you’re doing it wrong. God doesn’t love Christians and hate atheists...

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One Teacher’s Vision

Sharon Martin - November 12, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN You want a kid to learn vocabulary, read to him. Don’t talk down to him. Explain what words mean...

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The Oklahoma Observer

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

Charles Nuckolls

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

Penny Ellinger Bostwick

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

Tim O'Connor

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

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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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