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BY DAVID PERRYMAN American folk heroes do not come around every day. The legend of Johnny Appleseed is a favorite and holds special meaning for...

BY GENE POLICINSKI What in the heck is going on with the police in Ferguson, MO, and journalists? The St. Louis suburb has been the scene...

BY SHARON MARTIN My garden isn’t pretty, but it’s productive. What I don’t get from my backyard, I get from farmers’ markets, a CSA, and...

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.”...

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...