Culture
Winter Olympics: The case for shuffleboard over curling
Two days ago, I realized I know almost nothing about winter sports and, by extension, the Winter Olympics. Skiing and ice skating are fairly...
How a movement forgot my mother: #MeToo, privilege and trauma
In the Trump era, it’s difficult to find much for an unabashed, cynical, idealistic misanthrope like me to be thankful for. I can, however,...
Working in Midwest City: AWACS rattle brain
I work in Midwest City. I've worked there for more than 10 years now.
"You'll get used to it," they said.
"I don't even notice the...
Self-sufficiency at forefront of Tribal-Reentry Program
SHAWNEE, Oklahoma — Fawna Wolfe leans into her husband, Daniel, as people speak. The two are gathered, along with about eight others, at a...
Educating on consent, sexual assault ‘falls on all of us’
It is time to have the talk — one that goes beyond birds and bees.
It is time to have a discussion with our young...
The Super Blue Blood Moon is over 9000
Nerdy pop culture jokes? I got 'em.
I don't know about you, but I have been absolutely riveted by this whole "moon" series and all...
Zimbabwean’s poems touch on African history, writing
That Is Where My Umbilical Cord Is
by Ndaba Sibanda
Today you stand tall in defiance of all the challenges
Right in the southwestern part of the...
Mysticism and empowerment via the Oakridge Boys
I don’t usually search for clues to an existential existence in the lyrics of the Oakridge Boys, but I’m not opposed to it, either....
Flipping the switch for a government shutdown
There has to be something like this out there for a government shutdown, right? Wait, it doesn't work that way, does it?
Well the government...
‘The reason I write’
The reason I write
by Brian Kasaine
I tried my hand on masonry, but I couldn't build.
I asked her out, but she asked me out; of...