Stephen Martin
@donnieanadarko.bsky.social
I'm gettin' too old for this sh*t.
Cultural erasure isn’t caused by diversity.
It’s caused by forgetting — or pretending purity ever existed.
Oklahoma’s history tells a very different story than the one coming out of Washington right now.
It’s caused by forgetting — or pretending purity ever existed.
Oklahoma’s history tells a very different story than the one coming out of Washington right now.
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cultural erasure isn’t caused by diversity.
It’s caused by forgetting — or pretending purity ever existed.
Oklahoma’s history tells a very different story than the one coming out of Washington right now.
It’s caused by forgetting — or pretending purity ever existed.
Oklahoma’s history tells a very different story than the one coming out of Washington right now.
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.
(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)
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.
Link in first comment.
This time there’s a comeback story.
A young CEO is restoring the chain with leadership private equity can’t imitate.
Link in first comment.
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.
Link in first comment.
This time there’s a comeback story.
A young CEO is restoring the chain with leadership private equity can’t imitate.
Link in first comment.
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.”
Link in first comment.
Bonus column: “When Politicians Start Grading Papers.”
Link in first comment.
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...
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...
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
open.substack.com/pub/rootsand...
They learned it by watching you.
#RootsAndMainStreet #Socialism #Economy
open.substack.com/pub/rootsand...
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
open.substack.com/pub/rootsand...
They learned it by watching you.
#RootsAndMainStreet #Socialism #Economy
open.substack.com/pub/rootsand...
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.
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...
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 ...
"This level of violence is insane and deeply wrong.
The British East India Company just provides tea and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks."
-Some ancestor of Elon Musk
The British East India Company just provides tea and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks."
-Some ancestor of Elon Musk
March 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"This level of violence is insane and deeply wrong.
The British East India Company just provides tea and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks."
-Some ancestor of Elon Musk
The British East India Company just provides tea and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks."
-Some ancestor of Elon Musk
Get ready for the Trump administration to claim we've been in a recession for years, but that Biden fudged the numbers.
It's a lie, and there are independent sources to prove it's a little e, but that has never stopped them.
It's a lie, and there are independent sources to prove it's a little e, but that has never stopped them.
March 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Get ready for the Trump administration to claim we've been in a recession for years, but that Biden fudged the numbers.
It's a lie, and there are independent sources to prove it's a little e, but that has never stopped them.
It's a lie, and there are independent sources to prove it's a little e, but that has never stopped them.
