Human Interest and Whimsey

GATHER AROUND, CHILDREN Monday, June 21st, 2010
IN POLITICS NOTHING EVER REALLY CHANGES Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
–EL DORADO’S GREAT “HAMMOND BROTHERS’ RACING TEAM” Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
–FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH STRIKES BACK AT UNITED STATES– Friday, January 29th, 2010
-MY SUPER BOWL XXX!!!!!!!!! Thursday, January 7th, 2010
-DAD GOES TO PRISON- Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
!!!!!!GRANDDAUGHTERS ARE THE BEST!!!!!! Friday, January 1st, 2010
LINDA WHITE SWITZER ON HER DAD: JOHN AUSTIN WHITE, B.1916; D. 2009 Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
IMAGES OF A FOOTBALL SATURDAY; OKLAHOMA VS. U. C. L. A.–SEPTEMBER 6, 1986 Saturday, December 19th, 2009
SAINT PETER AND THE VEILED, MENDACIOUS MISCREANTS Thursday, December 17th, 2009
–MOMMA DIED Thursday, September 24th, 2009
–THE “SPECIAL” OLYMPIAN Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
–THE ENCHANTING, TRUE STORY OF ROBERT AND BETH Friday, July 10th, 2009
–EDWIN A. “BUD” SHRAKE; A TEXAS “FULL-BLOOD” Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
MEETING OF TITANS”: OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY VS. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Thursday, February 26th, 2009
-LAW AND OXEN Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
-Dr. Strangelove: Letter to Editor Friday, October 31st, 2008
“Mr. Frank,” A Lovable Rogue Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Mom and Pop Sunday, July 6th, 2008
(A Whimsical Tale) Arkansas “Swamp Man” Determined Not To Be “Missing Link” Saturday, March 17th, 2007
The Early Country Education of the “Switzer Boys” Friday, January 12th, 2007
High School Reunions Friday, June 10th, 2005
Our Children Are Our Greatest Legacy Friday, March 25th, 2005
The Christmas Burglar Monday, January 3rd, 2005
Johnny Cash and Bill Patch Were “Piece-ful” Pals Wednesday, November 12th, 2003

Immigration, Xenophobia, and Racism

THE PEOPLE AS “LEMMINGS” OVER THE CLIFF Thursday, September 9th, 2010
THE BILLIONAIRES BEHIND THE HATE Saturday, September 4th, 2010
THE BIBLE IS WRONG! GOD ONLY LOVES AND WILL ONLY SAVE THE NEW REAL CHRISTIANS. Saturday, August 7th, 2010
A CANDID REVIEW OF THE OPPOSING VIEWS OF THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES ON ISSUES OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE Thursday, July 8th, 2010
A DOSE OF POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE Monday, June 14th, 2010
THE OBLIGATIONS OF THOSE WE ELECT TO GO TO WASHINGTON Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
ARE TODAY’S CONSERVATIVES REALLY THAT STUPID? Monday, March 15th, 2010
TEA PARTIERS (NIHILISTS); REPUBLICANS: AND DEMOCRATS; WHAT IS NEXT? Monday, February 15th, 2010
–IS SENATOR REID A RACIST? OF COURSE NOT! Friday, January 15th, 2010
–RACISM IS ALIVE AND WELL! STUPID!!! Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
–HEALTHCARE, CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS; WIND-UP TOYS OR STATESMEN? WITH POSTSCRIPT!!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday, August 15th, 2009
—WE ARE A “SOUND BITE” BITTEN SOCIETY— Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
–THE COMMONALITY OF PRIDE Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Challenges to Essence of America: Representative Democracy and Equal Human Rights Monday, February 25th, 2008
What’s In A Name? Sometimes People Believe It Is Racism… Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Four Hundred Years- And We Still Don’t Have it Right Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Losing Our Way On Immigration Policy Monday, January 7th, 2008
IMMIGRATION, HERITAGE AND HUMANITY Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
The Hispanic Blessing Thursday, March 9th, 2006
THE PEOPLE AS “LEMMINGS” OVER THE CLIFF Thursday, September 9th, 2010
TEA PARTIERS (NIHILISTS); REPUBLICANS: AND DEMOCRATS; WHAT IS NEXT? Monday, February 15th, 2010
–EL DORADO’S GREAT “HAMMOND BROTHERS’ RACING TEAM” Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
–CHENEY “RESURFACES” TO DEFEND TORTURE Thursday, May 28th, 2009
The Middle Eastern Crucible Friday, July 28th, 2006
Neo-Conservatives and Martial Law Saturday, July 8th, 2006

Political and Constitutional Issues

THE PEOPLE AS “LEMMINGS” OVER THE CLIFF Thursday, September 9th, 2010
THE BILLIONAIRES BEHIND THE HATE Saturday, September 4th, 2010
DOWN WITH “WALL STREET” Monday, August 23rd, 2010
THE BIBLE IS WRONG! GOD ONLY LOVES AND WILL ONLY SAVE THE NEW REAL CHRISTIANS. Saturday, August 7th, 2010
A CANDID REVIEW OF THE OPPOSING VIEWS OF THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES ON ISSUES OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE Thursday, July 8th, 2010
GATHER AROUND, CHILDREN Monday, June 21st, 2010
A DOSE OF POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE Monday, June 14th, 2010
THE “GRAND OLD PARTY” ATTEMPTS TO MURDER REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY Friday, April 23rd, 2010
THE OBLIGATIONS OF THOSE WE ELECT TO GO TO WASHINGTON Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
IN POLITICS NOTHING EVER REALLY CHANGES Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
ARE TODAY’S CONSERVATIVES REALLY THAT STUPID? Monday, March 15th, 2010
TEA PARTIERS (NIHILISTS); REPUBLICANS: AND DEMOCRATS; WHAT IS NEXT? Monday, February 15th, 2010
–AN ARDENT PROGRESSIVE’S PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR HIS PRESIDENT Thursday, February 11th, 2010
–CHINESE THREAT IS NOT “NEW” Monday, February 1st, 2010
–FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH STRIKES BACK AT UNITED STATES– Friday, January 29th, 2010
–SCOTT BROWN’S U.S. SENATE VICTORY; “BARBARIANS AT THE GATE?” Monday, January 25th, 2010
-DAD GOES TO PRISON- Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
–LETTER ON HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS TO U.S. SENATOR BLANCHE LINCOLN Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
—THE “RISING TIDE” OF RACISM, RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY, AND ELITISM IN POLITICS–A PERSONAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Friday, November 20th, 2009
–UNITED STATES SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM Thursday, November 12th, 2009
–HEALTHCARE AND CAPITALISM: THE MARRIAGE MADE IN “HELL” Thursday, November 5th, 2009
WALL STREET: DISPROPORTIONATE RISK AND REWARD Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
–OUR CONGRESS, HEALTHCARE, AND THE CHASM OF NOBLESSE OBLIGE Friday, October 2nd, 2009
–PRIMER ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE Saturday, September 19th, 2009
–RACISM IS ALIVE AND WELL! STUPID!!! Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
THE NIGHTMARE OF HEALTHCARE REFORM–LETTER TO A FRIEND Sunday, September 13th, 2009
–WITH BATED BREATH, TREMBLING AND TREPIDATION, I AWAIT… Monday, August 31st, 2009
–REVISITING THE POSTSCRIPT OF AUGUST 17 RE: HEALTHCARE; DIALOGUE AND DEBATE WIN OUT OVER DIATRIBE!!! Thursday, August 20th, 2009
–HEALTHCARE, CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS; WIND-UP TOYS OR STATESMEN? WITH POSTSCRIPT!!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday, August 15th, 2009
—WE ARE A “SOUND BITE” BITTEN SOCIETY— Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
–!!!!WHAT DIVIDES AMERICANS? IT’S NOT ONLY HEALTHCARE! IT’S THE POLITICIANS!!!!!!! Friday, July 24th, 2009
–THANK GOD WE HAVE OBAMA FACING IRAN, HEALTHCARE AND FISCAL CRISES Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
–DEAR MR. WILL–UNFETTERED CAPITALISM REVISITED Saturday, June 20th, 2009
–THE WISE LATINA, SONIA SOTOMAYOR Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
–CHENEY “RESURFACES” TO DEFEND TORTURE Thursday, May 28th, 2009
–”TEA PARTY” PROTEST? AMELIORATIVE “SOCIAL POLICY” DOES NOT “SOCIALISM” MAKE Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
–HOW LIMBAUGH, THE REPUBLICANS AND “BLUE DOGS” HAVE IT ALL WRONG Saturday, April 11th, 2009
–TRANSITION FROM BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S FAILURES IN SERIATIM TO OBAMA’S HOPE AND PROMISE Saturday, March 7th, 2009
–A “BORN AGAIN” DEMOCRAT LOOKS AT PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FIRST MISTAKES Monday, February 2nd, 2009
–RE-STRUCTURING OF THE “BIG THREE” Saturday, January 24th, 2009
-WHAT ELSE CAN ISRAEL DO? Sunday, January 11th, 2009
–”UNITARY EXECUTIVE” AS EUPHEMISM FOR WHAT? Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
-WE MIGHT JUST AS WELL GO AHEAD AND RE-WRITE THE CONSTITUTION!!!! Monday, December 22nd, 2008
-LAW AND OXEN Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
-UNITED STATES SENATE ENDANGERS “CHECKS AND BALANCES” Sunday, December 14th, 2008
-WILL THE DISCREDITED “DETROIT THREE” BE RESCUED? Saturday, December 6th, 2008
-PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA AND AMERICA AS VICTIMS Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
-THE “DETROIT THREE” BEFORE CONGRESS!!!!!!!!!!! Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
-AMERICA’S CONSTITUTION STILL MUST BE RESTORED! Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
FAILURE OF “THE EXECUTIVE” AS CAUSE OF AMERICA’S ECONOMIC MALAISE Thursday, October 30th, 2008
-EVEN YELLOW-DOGS ARE AFRAID! Saturday, October 18th, 2008
THE HOFSTRA DEBATE Thursday, October 16th, 2008
OBAMA’S DEFINING MOMENT Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
WHO’S TO BLAME? FAILURE OF THE ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT OF 2008 Monday, September 29th, 2008
The Second American Revolution; Usurpation of Power From Within Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
The Pendulum Swings; Presidential Election 2008 Monday, August 4th, 2008
The “Surge” and “Enduring” Bases as Political Theatre Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Memorial Day Belongs To Soldiers and Families- Not Politicians Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
McCain’s Claim That Invasion of Iraq Was “Moral Duty” Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Politics and Reverse Racism Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Christian Concerned by the Excesses of Christianity Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Sub-Prime Lending Mess Thursday, December 27th, 2007
The Patronage Trap Monday, July 30th, 2007
-HOW “BIG BUSINESS” CONTROLS POLITICS–EVEN WHEN REGULAR VOTERS BELIEVE THEY, AS INDIVIDUALS, DO SO Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
The Majority Is Not Always Right Saturday, April 14th, 2007
LAMBS FOR LIONS (Letter to a Friend) Saturday, January 13th, 2007
Religion Brings Out the Worst In Us Thursday, October 5th, 2006
The End of Representative Democracy? Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
Neo-Conservatives and Martial Law Saturday, July 8th, 2006

Religion and Personal Values

A DOSE OF POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE Monday, June 14th, 2010
THE OBLIGATIONS OF THOSE WE ELECT TO GO TO WASHINGTON Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
ARE TODAY’S CONSERVATIVES REALLY THAT STUPID? Monday, March 15th, 2010
–IS SENATOR REID A RACIST? OF COURSE NOT! Friday, January 15th, 2010
SAINT PETER AND THE VEILED, MENDACIOUS MISCREANTS Thursday, December 17th, 2009
—THE “RISING TIDE” OF RACISM, RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY, AND ELITISM IN POLITICS–A PERSONAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Friday, November 20th, 2009
–HEALTHCARE AND CAPITALISM: THE MARRIAGE MADE IN “HELL” Thursday, November 5th, 2009
–OUR CONGRESS, HEALTHCARE, AND THE CHASM OF NOBLESSE OBLIGE Friday, October 2nd, 2009
THE NIGHTMARE OF HEALTHCARE REFORM–LETTER TO A FRIEND Sunday, September 13th, 2009
–HEALTHCARE, CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS; WIND-UP TOYS OR STATESMEN? WITH POSTSCRIPT!!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday, August 15th, 2009
–THE GOLDEN RULE, CHURCH RITUAL AND “NATURAL LAW” Saturday, April 4th, 2009
–THE COMMONALITY OF PRIDE Thursday, February 19th, 2009
-FREEDOM OF RELIGION–PERVERTED BY NEO-CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT Monday, December 1st, 2008
-If There Is a Hell On Earth, Then… Friday, October 24th, 2008
Religion and Politics Do Not Mix Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Sunday Christians Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
The Prayer of the World Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
Is This What “Mr. Sam” Wanted? Wednesday, March 16th, 2005

Sports and Personalities

-MY SUPER BOWL XXX!!!!!!!!! Thursday, January 7th, 2010
IMAGES OF A FOOTBALL SATURDAY; OKLAHOMA VS. U. C. L. A.–SEPTEMBER 6, 1986 Saturday, December 19th, 2009
–REVISITING THE POSTSCRIPT OF AUGUST 17 RE: HEALTHCARE; DIALOGUE AND DEBATE WIN OUT OVER DIATRIBE!!! Thursday, August 20th, 2009
—WE ARE A “SOUND BITE” BITTEN SOCIETY— Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
–THE “SPECIAL” OLYMPIAN Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
MEETING OF TITANS”: OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY VS. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Thursday, February 26th, 2009
-NEON DEION Sunday, January 18th, 2009
-OKLAHOMA VS. TEXAS IS “BIG TIME” Thursday, January 15th, 2009
-PAUL “BEAR” BRYANT: A TRUE LEGEND OF SPORT…FROM MORO BOTTOM Thursday, December 4th, 2008
-Dale Boutwell: “The Best There Ever Was” Thursday, September 18th, 2008
-SPORTSWRITERS MUST READ SHAKESPEARE Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
-COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH COMPENSATION IS “OUT OF HAND” Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Razorback Reunions Are Great Fun Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
The Incomparable Larry Lacewell Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
-INVENTOR OF FOOTBALL:”…NEVER INTENDED IT TO BE THIS BIG!!!!” Wednesday, February 9th, 2005

Guest Articles

LINDA WHITE SWITZER ON HER DAD: JOHN AUSTIN WHITE, B.1916; D. 2009 Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
-FROM BARRY L. SWITZER–HOW SPECIAL OKLAHOMA IS TO ME Sunday, November 9th, 2008