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Panhandlers: context and conflicts for median proposal
(Editor's Note: Late Thursday evening, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma announced its belief that the proposed city ordinance discussed below would violate the...
Sunday Funday: Land and time not in my backyard
For the first time in a long time
by Joshua David Gray
Today I drive my aunt for the first time
She has a license and can...
Death penalty rodeo: Glossip execution stayed
It's a good thing they have a rodeo arena at the "Big Mac" State Penitentiary down in Pittsburg County.
Statewide politicians, anti-death penalty advocates, a...
Hey, chawbacon: Hunter Thompson hated sportswriters
“I have explained many times that I am, by Profession, a Gambler — not some jock-sniffing nerd or a hired human squawk-box with the...
‘Put the ball into the net’ — Energy FC one win from finals
I don't know if goalie Evan Newton has a significant other, but he most assuredly deserved to get laid following Sunday's dramatic win over the Colorado Springs...
I, conqueror: Mt. Elbert as metaphor
We’re a nation of conquerors. It’s built into our DNA. “Vini, Vidi, Vici” (“I came; I saw; I conquered”) was first uttered by a...
Sunday Funday: ‘Seeing life in all its folly’
The Passenger
by Katie Williams
Storms a brewin in my brain
Hobo ridin on a train
Hey mister do you know
The way down to ol’ Mexico
He smiled a...
Sunday Funday: We died happy, offline
Archaeology
by Andy Bowen
In a thousand years they'll dig us up in Oklahoma.
They'll sort through our bones
At the bottom of that canyon
With furrowed brows and...
He Named Me Malala: Documentary focuses on Pakistani activist
At the age of 15, Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban. Not a random school bombing, or scattered gunfire...
Loveless drama: Pavlovian media hear ‘news’ bell ring
The arrest of a state senator's wife for driving with a suspended license drew headlines and airtime Wednesday, but it also raised editorial questions about how salaciously anyone...
