According to Wikipedia, the repository of all current earthly knowledge, the winning joke from the 2002 “World’s Funniest Joke” contest was the following: “Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. […]

Five Signs It’s Time to Break Up With Your Legislator By [email protected] February 23, 2016 Uncategorized 8 Comments Do you remember the moment you first met your state legislator? Do you recall how absolutely dreamy he was? How you got that nervous feeling in the pit of your stomach when he spoke to you the […]

Who’s Standing in the Dark? By [email protected] February 22, 2016 Uncategorized 10 Comments (Image Credit, M. Wuerker, Politico) In American politics, the term “dark money” is used to describes funds given to nonprofit organizations—primarily 501(c)(4) (social welfare) and 501(c)(6) (trade association) groups—that can receive unlimited donations from corporations, individuals, and unions, and spend funds to influence […]

I’m frustrated to report that Oklahoma school choice proponents had several reasons to celebrate last week. First, Representative Jason Nelson’s (R-OKC) legislation to establish Education Savings Accounts (HB2949) in our state cleared a significant hurdle by narrowly advancing out of the House Education Committee on Monday. As reported in the Tulsa World, the bill passed by […]

In case you missed it, apparently some of my fellow Oklahoma bloggers and I have gotten under the remarkably thin skin of someone at the online publication, “The Middle Ground.” In this article, Vitriol and Obscenities by Oklahoma Public Educators Blur Serious Debate, the author accuses Mid-Del Superintendent Rick Cobb (OkEducationTruths), Union PS teacher Dallas Koehn (BlueCerealEducation) and […]

According to this online article from Tech Times, candy maker Necco Inc. cranks out 10 to 14 million pounds of Sweethearts every year, which ends up being about 4.8 billion to 6.7 billion individual hearts! This equates to approximately 14 to 20 hearts for every man, woman and child in America. To be completely honest, I consume […]

Amid all of the angst, turmoil, and argument over what we must do to improve public education in America, a dangerous but predictable thing has happened. We have lost sight of what education is and who it is for. Why we wake our kids up early in the morning each day, feed them breakfast, load […]

By [email protected] January 13, 2016 Uncategorized 5 Comments Chief Editor: Good morning, everyone. Does anyone have a good idea for an article this morning? New Guy:  Yes. How about an article about the Oklahoma District 34 election results from yesterday?  J.J. Dossett, an Owasso school teacher and Democrat, beat his Republican opponent handily. This seat […]