Steinbeck has drought and dust in the wrong parts of Oklahoma, ... And some Oklahomans and Texans didn't like the rather primitive image he created of the Joads. They felt, with some justification, it propounded an Okie stereotype.

I feel welcome, ... With a crew like this, how could you go wrong?

Oklahoma.

I just came down wrong on my knee going for a ball, and it is just one of those fluke accidents. I had to have surgery a few days before my 21st birthday.

The persistence of moderate to severe drought conditions in parts of Illinois, Iowa, and much of the southern Plains increases concerns about yield potential. As usual, forecasts of summer weather conditions are not consistent at this time.

He hasn't been at odds with a lot of Texans on immigration.