Stephen Martin
@donnieanadarko.bsky.social
I'm gettin' too old for this sh*t.
From honey to cane to Christmas fudge — the story of sweetness is the story of longing.
New Roots & Main Street: The Taste of Heaven
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New Roots & Main Street: The Taste of Heaven
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December 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
From honey to cane to Christmas fudge — the story of sweetness is the story of longing.
New Roots & Main Street: The Taste of Heaven
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New Roots & Main Street: The Taste of Heaven
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Posted a new Roots & Main Street:
“The Model Camp and the Mirror We Keep Avoiding.”
Turns out OKC once built a fully functional community camp for the unhoused — in 1933.
We learned all the right lessons and then… immediately forgot them.
History has a nasty habit of leaving receipts.
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“The Model Camp and the Mirror We Keep Avoiding.”
Turns out OKC once built a fully functional community camp for the unhoused — in 1933.
We learned all the right lessons and then… immediately forgot them.
History has a nasty habit of leaving receipts.
(Link below)
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Posted a new Roots & Main Street:
“The Model Camp and the Mirror We Keep Avoiding.”
Turns out OKC once built a fully functional community camp for the unhoused — in 1933.
We learned all the right lessons and then… immediately forgot them.
History has a nasty habit of leaving receipts.
(Link below)
“The Model Camp and the Mirror We Keep Avoiding.”
Turns out OKC once built a fully functional community camp for the unhoused — in 1933.
We learned all the right lessons and then… immediately forgot them.
History has a nasty habit of leaving receipts.
(Link below)
A frontier stew rode up the Plains and became an entire region’s comfort anthem.
New Roots & Main Street: The Chili Corridor
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New Roots & Main Street: The Chili Corridor
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December 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A frontier stew rode up the Plains and became an entire region’s comfort anthem.
New Roots & Main Street: The Chili Corridor
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New Roots & Main Street: The Chili Corridor
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Red Lobster was once the go-to celebration spot for families like mine. Private equity nearly killed it — same as with Toys R Us and Sears.
This time there’s a comeback story.
A young CEO is restoring the chain with leadership private equity can’t imitate.
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This time there’s a comeback story.
A young CEO is restoring the chain with leadership private equity can’t imitate.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Red Lobster was once the go-to celebration spot for families like mine. Private equity nearly killed it — same as with Toys R Us and Sears.
This time there’s a comeback story.
A young CEO is restoring the chain with leadership private equity can’t imitate.
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This time there’s a comeback story.
A young CEO is restoring the chain with leadership private equity can’t imitate.
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The chaos at OU this week isn’t new — it’s tradition.
Bonus column: “When Politicians Start Grading Papers.”
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Bonus column: “When Politicians Start Grading Papers.”
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December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The chaos at OU this week isn’t new — it’s tradition.
Bonus column: “When Politicians Start Grading Papers.”
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Bonus column: “When Politicians Start Grading Papers.”
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Treaties are not vibes.
They’re binding agreements, and they’re older than the State of Oklahoma.
New column:
“If You Don’t Like the Treaty, Governor… Give the Land Back.”
It’s time for plain talk about promises, power, and what sovereignty actually means.
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They’re binding agreements, and they’re older than the State of Oklahoma.
New column:
“If You Don’t Like the Treaty, Governor… Give the Land Back.”
It’s time for plain talk about promises, power, and what sovereignty actually means.
open.substack.com/pub/rootsand...
December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Treaties are not vibes.
They’re binding agreements, and they’re older than the State of Oklahoma.
New column:
“If You Don’t Like the Treaty, Governor… Give the Land Back.”
It’s time for plain talk about promises, power, and what sovereignty actually means.
open.substack.com/pub/rootsand...
They’re binding agreements, and they’re older than the State of Oklahoma.
New column:
“If You Don’t Like the Treaty, Governor… Give the Land Back.”
It’s time for plain talk about promises, power, and what sovereignty actually means.
open.substack.com/pub/rootsand...
Barbecue didn’t start as a hobby.
It started as survival — and it became liberation.
New Roots & Main Street: Barbecue & Liberation
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It started as survival — and it became liberation.
New Roots & Main Street: Barbecue & Liberation
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November 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Barbecue didn’t start as a hobby.
It started as survival — and it became liberation.
New Roots & Main Street: Barbecue & Liberation
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It started as survival — and it became liberation.
New Roots & Main Street: Barbecue & Liberation
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Amtrak was supposed to die quietly.
Instead, it’s having its strongest moment in decades.
New Roots & Main Street column — link in bio.
Instead, it’s having its strongest moment in decades.
New Roots & Main Street column — link in bio.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Amtrak was supposed to die quietly.
Instead, it’s having its strongest moment in decades.
New Roots & Main Street column — link in bio.
Instead, it’s having its strongest moment in decades.
New Roots & Main Street column — link in bio.
“What I saw wasn’t faith — it was a product line.”
A few thoughts after sitting through Tony Perkins’ sermon-rally — on the difference between spiritual life and spiritual merchandising.
New Roots & Main Street column drops Monday. Link in profile.
A few thoughts after sitting through Tony Perkins’ sermon-rally — on the difference between spiritual life and spiritual merchandising.
New Roots & Main Street column drops Monday. Link in profile.
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“What I saw wasn’t faith — it was a product line.”
A few thoughts after sitting through Tony Perkins’ sermon-rally — on the difference between spiritual life and spiritual merchandising.
New Roots & Main Street column drops Monday. Link in profile.
A few thoughts after sitting through Tony Perkins’ sermon-rally — on the difference between spiritual life and spiritual merchandising.
New Roots & Main Street column drops Monday. Link in profile.
Let’s be clear: “The Democrats” didn’t cave. Eight individual people who were elected as Democrats did.
We cheapen accountability when we talk as if a whole party collectively decides to fold. Parties are coalitions, not hives.
We cheapen accountability when we talk as if a whole party collectively decides to fold. Parties are coalitions, not hives.
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Let’s be clear: “The Democrats” didn’t cave. Eight individual people who were elected as Democrats did.
We cheapen accountability when we talk as if a whole party collectively decides to fold. Parties are coalitions, not hives.
We cheapen accountability when we talk as if a whole party collectively decides to fold. Parties are coalitions, not hives.
What’s really in your cola? No, not the sugar — not even the caffeine — but the story. The one that starts in a 19th-century pharmacy and ends in a global brand you can recognize from a single hiss and a red label.
Today's Roots & Main Street column:
rootsandmainstreet.substack.com/p/the-empero...
Today's Roots & Main Street column:
rootsandmainstreet.substack.com/p/the-empero...
November 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What’s really in your cola? No, not the sugar — not even the caffeine — but the story. The one that starts in a 19th-century pharmacy and ends in a global brand you can recognize from a single hiss and a red label.
Today's Roots & Main Street column:
rootsandmainstreet.substack.com/p/the-empero...
Today's Roots & Main Street column:
rootsandmainstreet.substack.com/p/the-empero...
Interesting that the people upset that New York City elected someone of the same race and religion as the 9/11 hijackers have never said a word about Oklahomans electing people of the same race and religion as Timothy McVeigh.
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Interesting that the people upset that New York City elected someone of the same race and religion as the 9/11 hijackers have never said a word about Oklahomans electing people of the same race and religion as Timothy McVeigh.
When billionaires get bailouts, but workers get lectures, don’t be surprised when voters start looking left.
They learned it by watching you.
#RootsAndMainStreet #Socialism #Economy
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They learned it by watching you.
#RootsAndMainStreet #Socialism #Economy
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November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
When billionaires get bailouts, but workers get lectures, don’t be surprised when voters start looking left.
They learned it by watching you.
#RootsAndMainStreet #Socialism #Economy
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They learned it by watching you.
#RootsAndMainStreet #Socialism #Economy
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really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
Dear Mr. Dershowitz,
I am writing to enquire about the Pay-Per-View rights ...
I am writing to enquire about the Pay-Per-View rights ...
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Dear Mr. Dershowitz,
I am writing to enquire about the Pay-Per-View rights ...
I am writing to enquire about the Pay-Per-View rights ...
I’ve seen a lot of hurt these past few years — not just in hospitals or headlines, but in how we talk to one another.
The world hasn’t gotten meaner. We’ve just forgotten how to turn down the volume.
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The world hasn’t gotten meaner. We’ve just forgotten how to turn down the volume.
open.substack.com/pub/rootsand...
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’ve seen a lot of hurt these past few years — not just in hospitals or headlines, but in how we talk to one another.
The world hasn’t gotten meaner. We’ve just forgotten how to turn down the volume.
open.substack.com/pub/rootsand...
The world hasn’t gotten meaner. We’ve just forgotten how to turn down the volume.
open.substack.com/pub/rootsand...
The tracks that once carried steel and steam now run on fiber and bandwidth. But the story’s the same: whoever lays the lines shapes the future.
Small towns once fought to get a spur line; now they fight for broadband.
Read the full column here:
rootsandmainstreet.substack.com/p/the-new-ra...
Small towns once fought to get a spur line; now they fight for broadband.
Read the full column here:
rootsandmainstreet.substack.com/p/the-new-ra...
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The tracks that once carried steel and steam now run on fiber and bandwidth. But the story’s the same: whoever lays the lines shapes the future.
Small towns once fought to get a spur line; now they fight for broadband.
Read the full column here:
rootsandmainstreet.substack.com/p/the-new-ra...
Small towns once fought to get a spur line; now they fight for broadband.
Read the full column here:
rootsandmainstreet.substack.com/p/the-new-ra...
Something I was unaware of until today is that the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, built in 1942, sits under the East Wing of the White House. It is a secure bunker staffed around the clock by joint service military personnel.
You don't suppose ...
You don't suppose ...
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Something I was unaware of until today is that the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, built in 1942, sits under the East Wing of the White House. It is a secure bunker staffed around the clock by joint service military personnel.
You don't suppose ...
You don't suppose ...
When illness and faith share the same room, love looks a little different.
Today’s Roots & Main Street piece is about presence — not miracles.
Today’s Roots & Main Street piece is about presence — not miracles.
Not Waiting — Staying
Where faith is measured not in miracles, but in presence.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
When illness and faith share the same room, love looks a little different.
Today’s Roots & Main Street piece is about presence — not miracles.
Today’s Roots & Main Street piece is about presence — not miracles.
Today, the administration announced it will use the military to pacify “dangerous” US cities. Guess they’ll handle it the same way they did Saigon and Kabul.
September 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Today, the administration announced it will use the military to pacify “dangerous” US cities. Guess they’ll handle it the same way they did Saigon and Kabul.
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I just saw a TikTok like “the motivations of assassins don’t make sense anymore” but boy have they never.
Hinkley shot Reagan to impress Jodi Foster. Oswald was such a complete mess people just assume the CIA did it. Guiteau killed Garfield because no one would make him an ambassador.
Hinkley shot Reagan to impress Jodi Foster. Oswald was such a complete mess people just assume the CIA did it. Guiteau killed Garfield because no one would make him an ambassador.
September 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I just saw a TikTok like “the motivations of assassins don’t make sense anymore” but boy have they never.
Hinkley shot Reagan to impress Jodi Foster. Oswald was such a complete mess people just assume the CIA did it. Guiteau killed Garfield because no one would make him an ambassador.
Hinkley shot Reagan to impress Jodi Foster. Oswald was such a complete mess people just assume the CIA did it. Guiteau killed Garfield because no one would make him an ambassador.
Much as I love Newsom's parody of the Trump posts, he's trying to court a center that doesn't exist. There's no middle ground here. Bad is bad.
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Much as I love Newsom's parody of the Trump posts, he's trying to court a center that doesn't exist. There's no middle ground here. Bad is bad.