Culture
Photo essay: A world of people behind screens
Whether you’re gaming, socializing or doing business, most online interactions let participants give only as much information as they are willing to disclose, pre-selected...
Editorial: Good to observe OKC Indigenous Peoples Day
Today is the first OKC Indigenous Peoples Day thanks to a proclamation from new Mayor David Holt.
Holt and those who pushed for the re-designation...
OU College of Law’s Brian McCall another lurking fundamentalist
On Sept. 30, the OU Daily reported that University of Oklahoma law professor and associate dean Brian McCall argued in a 2014 book that,...
ABLE Commission preps for new alcohol laws, pandemonium
Oklahoma's new alcohol laws will take effect Monday, Oct. 1. While the ABLE Commission has been working long and hard to prepare for the...
Toad in the hole: Mushroom has long week
It's true, I've heard these jokes equating the Super Mario Brothers character Toad with a penis. I've heard them since I was very young, but...
Boom Town: Chaos and order at odds in OKC
The battle between chaos and control in Oklahoma City constitutes the main theme in Sam Anderson’s new book, Boom Town. As is true of Oklahoma...
OKC’s modern society is mural society
I happened to pass by the mural on the new building in the Plaza District the other day, and it got me thinking about...
Poetry from James Coburn: ‘Tribes of Indifference’
Tribes of Indifference
by James Coburn
All of the world is a terrorist to the land.
To people in the way of their vanity,
To interests made vague...
From Sept. 11 to Mollie Tibbetts: We must rise above our resentment
In mid-August 2001, my family planned a reunion gathering in Colorado. My only brother, David, and I both lived in New York City at...
Uneasy riders: Critics blame Boren for … OU?
I don't know why, but I keep imagining David Boren as an avid motorcycle enthusiast after his retirement from being president of the University...