Streak's Blog

I ask, because we are seeing evidence from multiple states that the modern Republican party is intent on destroying the basic fabric of soci...

I don't want to jump on my former state of Oklahoma.  I think it was Anglican who noted that when you aren't living in the state, it...

Leaving Oklahoma has been difficult.  As SOF liked to say, there is a reason we stayed in Norman for 23 years.  It is time for us to change,...

So I have not blogged in a while.  Facebook has taken much of that energy--it simplifies the linking process and I am there anyway connectin...

NRA Starts Up Their Shit About What Would Be Even Greater Injustice - The Onion - America's Finest News Source

I haven't written here for a while.  It has been a difficult spring so far.  In February, my father passed away after several tough year...

Saw this the other day, and while I didn't think it was possible for me to dislike the former Minister from Arkansas any more, I found t...

Good guy with a gun myth: Guns increase the risk of homicide, accidents, suicide.

As one of my friends said, "literally the dumbest thing ever."  I am not sure.  I fully expect the Republicans to do something dum...

I knew inequality was bad, but didn't realize it was this bad.  For the first time in 50 years, more students qualify for free or reduce...

Of course they can. And they do. Evangelicals will mobilize and push back against gay marriage or teaching the scientific facts about clim...

And I am well aware that most Republicans are not racist, or not openly racist.  Most of the people I know would never associate with a Klan...

The saddest sentence I have seen of late comes from this Dish post, " America’s Tortured Conscience ": We Americans like to thin...

I wish I could be shocked by this , and I am very mindful that every other demographic group has far too many people who find torture a reas...