Bill Scanlon

On Father's Day, one of my kids gave me a t-shirt with a cartoon of Calvin and Hobbes on it. You may remember the boy (Calvin) and his stuffed tiger (Hobbes) from comic strips about a decade ago.

This afternoon at 2 PM, there will be a ribbon cutting at the newly expanded Norman Regional HealthPlex, 3300 HealthPlex Parkway (near the intersection of Tecumseh and I-35). Tomorrow, July

On July 2, 1863, my great grandfather was stationed at the foot of Little Round Top in Gettysburg.

In 218 BC, the Carthaginian general Hannibal led an army (estimated by historians) of 70,000 men and 37 elephants across the Alps, to attack the Roman army on their own territory.

Written in 1932, the song “Underneath the Arches” tells the story of destitute people during the Great Depression taking shelter under a railroad bridge in Derby (pronounced “Darby”) England. The

As a kid growing up, I attended a number of schools. Other than being nervous about attending a new school, I remember those days (rose colored glasses) as being relatively carefree.

Now that I have your attention, let me explain.... You may have heard of the “Area and Infrastructure Master Plan” process, otherwise known as “AIM.” and

One of my windows on the world is participation in Norman Regional’s EMSSTAT service. I’m privileged to sit as a citizen member of its Quality Committee. I don’t pretend to

It was drilled into my brain-- in graduate school and in the military-- that it was best, when writing or speaking, to restrict yourself to three main points.

A couple of years ago, the Oklahoma Blood Institute gave out t-shirts, expressing the sentiment that 2020 was not a good year (COVID), and hoping that 2021 would be a