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‘The economy is shit’ and other thoughts from Trump fans in Tulsa
TULSA — As I sipped a crowd-funded cocktail in the Tulsa Press Club around 11 p.m. Saturday, a longtime friend noted how thrilled he...
Pastor: ‘Break out the Bat-Signal for Christians’
For as long as I can remember, there have been giant crosses made from the lights on two buildings in downtown Oklahoma City during...
ESPN obsessed with the Baker Mayfield crotch grab
I'm not sure if I've ever seen a television network make the news quite like what ESPN has done this past week regarding the...
NonDoc files lawsuit seeking Jones Day reports from OU
To investigate the misreporting of donor data and allegations of sexual misconduct against former OU President David Boren, the University of Oklahoma paid more...
John Marshall’s ‘Year from Hell’ two decades later
Twenty years ago, John Marshall High School was improving until we were clobbered by the “Year from Hell,” as our long-suffering principal called it....
In Nigeria, think twice before shaking hands with a lady
Ile-Ife, NIGERIA — Sensitivity is one basic feature in mixed societies. In this part of southwestern Nigeria, growing individuals at the secondary school level...
Bon Appetit flabbergasted by Nonesuch in OKC
This past week, Bon Appetit Magazine named Nonesuch (you've heard of it, yes?) the best new restaurant in the country. Quite the honor, and...
‘Get Out’ exemplifies the horror of benevolent racism
While chitchatting with an acquaintance about movies, we began discussing Jordan Peele’s history-making horror/social-commentary film, Get Out (see trailer above).
My friend (who is a white...
Fake plastic trees: OU baseball field goes synthetic
“The score is still Q to 12!”
That was the tally between comic characters Calvin and Hobbes during a game of their indecipherable “Calvinball” years...
Letter: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Oklahomans alarmed by airport experience
To the editors:
My husband and I flew home last Saturday, March 7, from an eight-week stay in Italy, one of the countries where the...