My son Bryce was diagnosed with autism in 2014. There were signs before that, and my wife and I began seeking treatment as soon as we started to suspect. Today, Bryce is five, he is still non-verbal, but every day he works toward improvement and...
Shawn Whirl wasn’t feeling anything. He was unconscious, sleeping, but sleeping the deepest sleep one can without dying. He had fallen into a sleep brought on by total exhaustion. He did not fall into a comfortable sleep, or even a wanting sleep, rather his body...
On June 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon declared drug abuse "public enemy number one," and thus began America's War on Drugs. Forty-four years has passed, making this the longest war in American history. A war that the American government declared on its own citizens. Drug...
Dear Friends, Residents of Ward 7, Norman, Oklahoma. On Monday, December 1, 2015, I was working at The Friendly Market at 1100 E. Constitution in Norman. I have been employed as a manager at The Friendly Market since September 8th, 2015, after being offered the position...
Here is the latest news involving the raid of The Friendly Market in Norman A CIVIL FORFEITURE IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA [divider] Latest News News OK: Norman police raid pipe shop, seize items, owner says The Norman Transcript: Friendly Market restocks and remains open, despite police raid News Channel 4: “They took...
TULIA TEXAS: A STORY OF INJUSTICE, AND MASS INCARCERATION PART TWO-RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY July 23, 1999, would turn out to be a day that would haunt the town of Tulia, Texas, and cast it into a statewide and even national spotlight. Overnight the word had...
THE MOTHER OF THANKSGIVING Most know that President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863. However, did you know that the credit for this American holiday goes to a widow by the name of Sarah Josepha Hale? Ms. Hale was a self educated school...
TULIA TEXAS: A STORY OF INJUSTICE, AND MASS INCARCERATION PART ONE-IT HAPPENED IN A SMALL TOWN Note to the reader: What happened in Tulia is an expose’ of sorts. It’s a story of the fallacy of the “War on Drugs”, militarization of our police forces, propaganda, fear,...
OKLAHOMA JIM CROW, AND THE TEACHER: Changing Law and Minds Over Lunch Oklahoma isn't a Southern State in the traditional sense. It was nearly four decades after the Civil War had ended in 1865, when Oklahoma gained statehood in 1907. Blacks enjoyed many freedoms in the Indian...
TOMATO: FRUIT OR VEGGIE? Did you know the Supreme Court of the United States of America once considered this question: Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Nix v. Hedden 149 U.S. 104 (1893). The Tariff Act of March 3, 1883 required a tax to be...