He is acknowledged as engineering the Killer Ds walkout to Ardmore, Oklahoma in 2003, to postpone consideration of Tom DeLay's mid-decade redistricting plan. The walkout is credited with starting serious media inquiry into DeLay's actions as majority leader of the U.S. House of ...
The desire that resonates in me is to write a book, and I definitely have the material for one. After college I married and had children. I was completely happy being a stay-at-home mother and housewife. After my marriage fell apart in my late 20s, I was deciding what I wanted to...
including roles such as the White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense, and U.S. Representative from Wyoming. Cheney's political acumen combined with his relentless pursuit of his beliefs has made him one of the most influential and polarizing figures in modern U.S. ...
In case you missed it, check out this clip of Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern’s tirade against gays. Kern hasrefused to apologizeand maintains that she is not a gay-basher. She reportedly received a standing ovation from fellow Oklahoma Republican lawmakers in a closed meeting on Monda...
Described by his representative as “an actor’s actor” that has “been the heart of Hollywood since the late 1970s.”– age 71. 13 – Cormac McCarthy (89): American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He has written ten novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Road” – ...
Even in Oklahoma, the home of one of the country’s most outspoken skeptics, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), a large majority of the people polled agreed with the scientific consensus. Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, doesn’t share the same ...
Missouri State Representative Rick Francis presented Dade with a plaque at the site of homes that were destroyed. Grant met and spoke with some viewers. Comments include: “…Your pinpoint accuracy of the devastating storm that hit Perry County saved lives. Families have told us your broadcast ...
In the 1960s, Robberson Steel Company of Oklahoma City was so happy with their Frush advertising calendars from Gerlach-Barklow, they commissioned her to do a series of glamour paintings, the last one in 1974. There is no known death date for Pearl Frush, whose middle name is usually ...
This discussionupon news of her death was respectful and representative in terms of climbers understanding the purity of the experience, while expressing sorrow and cautioning others about soloing, with this as a typical sentiment: “I have in the past but not anymore.” Another poster reminded ...
28, his representative confirmed. He was 85. The Cincinnati-born actor showed up in more than 90 film and TV projects throughout his decades-long career, with highlights including performances in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Little House on the Prairie, Happy Days, The Incredible Hulk, Knight ...