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Tulsa, May 1921: Moescha Rosenberg sues Sinclair
In 1921, Tulsa jeweler Moescha Rosenberg sued his landlord, the Sinclair Oil & Gas Co., for harassing him to get him to surrender his 10-year lease on a prime retail location.
Jack Davis and Marni Nixon, RIP
Two important but behind-the-scenes contributors to popular culture in mid-century America died this week. Jack Davis was 91. Marni Nixon was 86. Jack Davis was a prolific illustrator and caricaturist. He was a regular contributor to Mad magazine, alternating with Mort Drucker to illustrate TV and movie parodies. He had...
Stanislawski recants National Popular Vote support
Oklahoma State Senator Gary Stanislawski (R-Tulsa) has issued a statement recanting his support for SB 906, and expressing regret for his vote for the bill that would add Oklahoma to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. The last several years I have always been against the National Popular Vote. This...
Vacation 2009: Day 2
Day 2: July 24, 2009, Pacific, Mo. to Columbus, Ohio, via I-44 and I-70, 479.9 mi., 11:30 en route (plus one hour lost to the time change). 11 a.m. was a later start than I'd hoped for, but it was much better than the day before. We sailed through St....
17 days and 3748.1 miles later
Over the last two and a half weeks, we packed five people and too much stuff into a minivan, drove it 3,748.1 miles through 11 states and the District of Columbia, reconnected with dear aunts, uncles, and friends, met a longtime e-mail and blog pal in person, bumped into a...
Lincoln was a Marxist
A Groucho-Marxist, at any rate: Groucho is reputed to have said, "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." As a young man, considering his matrimonial prospects, Abraham Lincoln wrote: I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for...
Thanksgiving (belated) links
Brandon Dutcher is thankful for private property rights, which is at the root of our nation's prosperity. Its importance was learned early on by the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony: Father Robert A. Sirico, president of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, says the Plymouth colony had...
Coburn on the election result
From Sen. Tom Coburn's office today. Pay special attention to the bits I highlighted: On November 4, the American people had the opportunity to choose between two candidates with the character and temperament to be not just good presidents but great presidents. John McCain ran the best campaign he could...
Council tribute to Roscoe Turner, Maria Barnes, and Cason Carter
Friday afternoon, my daughter and I attended a brief reception at City Hall to honor the three departing members of the Tulsa City Council: Roscoe Turner, Maria Barnes, and Cason Carter. They were each presented with a plaque honoring their service. The plaques were read and presented by their colleagues....
Mitt Romney pro and con
National Review endorses Romney by process of elimination. Many conservatives are finding it difficult to pick a presidential candidate. Each of the men running for the Republican nomination has strengths, and none has everything -- all the traits, all the positions -- we are looking for. Equally conservative analysts can...
Presidential update: Rudy, Newt, Fred, believers
Bits and pieces: Here's a website dedicated to the proposition that Rudy's Really Liberal. Quotes from Mr. Giuliani on a variety of topics, including his rather callous views on abortion. WMCA talk show host Kevin McCullough doesn't think much of Newt Gingrich's assertion that private lives should be off limits...
At-large council opposition launched
The following press release announces the formation of a group to oppose the plan to dismember three Tulsa City Council districts and replace them with three seats elected citywide: Tulsans Defending Democracy "that we here highly resolve... that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not...
Big Lincoln to overshadow big Indian?
A reader sends a link to this CNN story about a proposal to build a 305-foot-tall fiberglass and steel statue of Abraham Lincoln, which would dwarf "The American" -- the 220-foot-tall statue honoring American Indians which will be built in Tulsa. The statue would be built in Lincoln, Illinois, a...
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