By [email protected] October 25, 2015 Uncategorized 11 Comments Dear Jay, Like thousands of other Tulsa World readers, I look forward to your fanciful yet insightful commentaries about life which you publish several times a week, typically on the front page of the news section. I even wrote a previous post based on one of your […]

Look Kids–A Unicorn Farm! By [email protected] October 20, 2015 Uncategorized 1 Comment If unicorn farming is something you have considered as a potential hobby, this book seems to be a wonderful primer on the dos and don’ts of running a successful unicorn enterprise. It was written by Jessica Marquis and published in 2011. You can order your […]

By [email protected] September 20, 2015 Uncategorized 7 Comments If there’s one thing we know for certain, it’s that we can’t fix what’s wrong with education in Oklahoma and our nation simply by throwing money at the problem. Well, at least that’s what some people keep saying. The most recent Oklahoma official to make this claim […]

Let me begin by apologizing for the inordinate number of typos in my previous missive. Unlike “Old McDonald” on the Geico commercials, I am actually a fairly good speller. However, when it gets late and the bed is calling my name, I get careless. I will endeavor to do better! I had intended to open […]

By [email protected] September 16, 2015 Uncategorized 3 Comments I sometimes have a difficult time letting things go. This is the case with comments written by House Speaker Jeff Hickman in the Oklahoman last weekend. In addressing the shortage of qualified educators in our state, Representative Hickman resurrected his “new idea” of performance pay for teachers. […]

Those of you who are fans of the recently completed television series, “Breaking Bad,” will recognize the picture above. The photo shows the star of the show, Walter White (aka Heisenberg), standing next to his beloved 2004 Pontiac Aztek. I know this might offend a few folks out there who actually own one of these […]

Speaker of the House Jeff Hickman says he would like to have a new conversation relative to addressing the teacher shortage in Oklahoma. Yet, almost with the same breath, Hickman goes on the record yesterday in an OpEd for the Oklahoman, employing the same tired talking points that have been circulating among conservative think tanks for the past thirty years. Instead […]

Dear Teacher, Hi, you don’t know me yet, but I will be a student in your class this year. For the next nine months, you will be one of the more important people in my life, though I will never say this to you or anyone else. On some days, you will be the MOST […]