To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Observercast 40: Challenging A 13-Term Incumbent
It’s never easy to unseat a 13-term congressional incumbent. It’s even harder when the district’s boundaries are bigger than a dozen states – and...
Observercast 39: Changing The County Guard
If the last six months proved anything, it’s that "all politics is local" is no cliche in Oklahoma. Think how city governments acted boldly...
Observercast 38: Can Community Policing Come To Sheriff’s Office?
Across the nation, the Black Lives Matter movement in response to police brutality has thrust lower-profile local governments under the microscope. That is especially...
Observercast Episode 37: When County Commissioners Attack!
Oklahomans have been getting a government lesson like no other this year, and county-level government has been center stage. After the economy tanked in...
Observercast Episode 36: ‘Putting Human Beings In Front Of Them’
COVID-19 has turned Oklahoma’s prisons into human petri dishes. Seven inmates and three staff members have died of possible coronavirus-related causes. More than 2,600...