Politics has been part of my life for a long time now. I’ve worked on campaigns, balanced budgets, and watched Washington debate programs line by line, year after year. Experience has taught me that policy decisions rarely stay in Washington. They show up in people’s homes, in their routines, and in the way that families manage everyday life. That’s especially true when it comes to health care.
Oklahoma is one of the top states in the nation to do business. This is because, from energy to agriculture to small business, lawmakers have prioritized reducing regulatory burdens and allowing economic activity to thrive. As the state considers how to ensure fair access to banking, that same philosophy should guide our approach.
House Bill 3172, which is currently being considered by the Oklahoma Legislature, looks to create a new, statewide framework to prohibit debanking, the closure or limiting of a bank account for any discriminatory reasons, such as politics or religion.
The mission is right — no one should be turned away from a bank because of their political leanings — but the means to achieve it are wrong.
Washington, D.C. hosted the largest gathering of Detransitioners to date March 12, 2026.
Detrans Awareness Day was never supposed to exist. Detransitioners wouldn’t need their own day unless something went very wrong. And this year, it’s getting harder than ever to pretend it didn’t. Across the country and in Washington, D.C., detransitioners are stepping forward in numbers that institutions can’t keep brushing off. At the Genspect “Life Beyond Transition” conference, more than 70 detransitioners gathered, the largest event of its kind. It was the largest gathering of detransitioners ever held – young women and men who trusted the script, took the blockers, swallowed the hormones, went under the knife, and woke up to the nightmare.
Analysis: Most of the conversation about Oklahoma’s vacant Senate seat has treated the appointment as a political reward. It isn’t. The worst oil supply disruption since 1973 is reshaping the global energy market in real time, and Gov. Stitt should choose accordingly.
The great English poet John Donne reminded us that no one is an island. We are all interdependent on one another. Even in the most solitary of activities, it takes a team to create success. As you read these words in a newspaper, magazine, or online publication somewhere around the world, there are many people to thank for creating the connection between you and me.
Recently, a woman who is losing her sight called me. As a blind person myself, she wanted my advice on how she could become totally independent. I told her that total independence simply does not exist, whether you’re totally blind or fully sighted.
