Speaker Maximus and Paul Harvey's "If I Were the Devil"

How the decadence and excesses of Oklahoma’s legislature fulfill the warnings of Paul Harvey’s "If I Were the Devil."

Thus, it’s perhaps no surprise that for Speaker Maximus, nothing could have been a more fitting and symbolic send-off from the decadent institution he now exits than a nearly $10,000 run of a special edition of 105-proof bottles of Strong House Double Gavel Whiskey.

I'm fascinated by how, in the social media age, particularly insightful commentary never …