To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Observercast

Oklahoma Observer Substack To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

  • Of Mice And Men
    by Cal Hobson on July 17, 2025 at 2:39 pm

    Vladimir Putin is, by all measures, one of the worst dictators in modern history.

  • Yes, We Build No Bananas
    by Gary Edmondson on July 16, 2025 at 1:51 pm

    Oh, the mistakes we make.

  • Pretty Is As Pretty Does. And This Bunch Is Pretty Bad.
    by Cal Hobson on July 13, 2025 at 9:41 pm

    Well, I like my headline but not as much as I like Maureen Dowd's brilliant takedown of the gang that can't shoot straight; can't think thoughtfully; can't speak seriously; can't keep from fawning over The Fool; can't face the truth just as Jack Nicholson notoriously told Tom Cruise in a movie Dowd devilishly recounts.

  • Tax-Free Social Security Income? Not Exactly
    by Kevin Acers on July 10, 2025 at 1:05 pm

    Since President Trump signed the "big" policy bill of his dreams into law on Independence Day, the White House and the Social Security Administration [SSA] have been misleading the public about its impact on Social Security income.

  • We Must Create Art For Our Sake
    by Gary Edmondson on July 9, 2025 at 2:40 pm

    On April 16 Science Daily posted a multi-institutional review that found, “The simple act of looking at a piece of visual art can boost your wellbeing.”