Culture
For Kyrie Irving, ball may be life, but Earth is flat
I'm revisiting the topic of Flat Earth this week because, lo and behold, it has popped up again in a very visible way. I...
A Country Girl’s Cry: ‘Nobody gives her tears justice’
A Country Girl's Cry
by Bipin Khatiwada
Down a country road,
She walks with clumsy steps
With mystery on her face.
She goes to town to stitch fabrics,
And is paid...
President Trump: Undisputed champ of microaggression
Microaggression is not a new term, but, according to some media, it is a nouveau concept invented by overly sensitive, millennial college “snowflakes” who...
The bleeding man, the man in charge, and Jack
Jack is not a name that is typically written on a birth certificate. Usually, it's a derivation of John or Jason or some family...
Of bookstores and ignorance: ‘How do you know?’
I read it in a letter to the editor of what used to be called a “journal of opinion” — a letter concerning an...
Being ‘The Boss’: An alpha female reflects on single life
At first, it was my friend’s all-caps, double-exclamation-mark Facebook post that motivated me to look closer at the article she was sharing. But then...
Microaggressions in Age of Trump are killing my love life
I spend my working life educating young millennials on the virtues of diversity, cultural understanding, gender equality, religious freedom and the idea that all...
Durantenstein: KD has become the monster
After some of the vitriol I've heard this week, I half expected the above scene at the OKC airport.
As a long-time sports fan, I appreciate a...
Indie-rock royalty: doubleVee’s debut album drops today
If one can imagine such a thing as Oklahoma's indie-rock royalty, then Allan Vest and Barb (Hendrickson) Vest would have to be the king...
Only Godzilla can bring attention to the Fukushima nuclear plant
Alarming radiation levels at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant represent one of those stories we hear about and think, "Hmm, that doesn't sound good." But then we move...