Tuesday, July 16, 2024

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Baker Mayfield crotch grab

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...
bat-signal

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...
Miami Nation

Miami Nation: Forced away once, forced away again

“Myaamionki” means all the places the Miami people have ever lived, whether past or present. Saakiiweeyonki, or Coming Out Place, was the original Miami Nation...
Ryan Walters Bible mandate, prayer for relief

The Ryan Walters Bible mandate begs a prayer for relief

After their 6-1 ruling this past week that a proposed Catholic charter school is unconstitutional, Oklahoma Supreme Court justices may be licking their chops...
Nonesuch

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...
Nigeria

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...
Charlie Murphyvideo

Darkness is spreading: Comedian Charlie Murphy dead at 57

Stand-up comedian and actor Charlie Murphy died today after battling leukemia, according to his publicist. Murphy was well-known for his appearances on Comedy Central's Chappelle's...
Get Outvideo

‘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...
Everything Sad is Untrue

Everything Sad is Untrue: Growing up as an Iranian refugee in Edmond

A few years into his time at Edmond Public Schools, Daniel Khosrou Nayeri navigates the fifth-grade lunch hour without money in his account, selects...
LGBT

LGBT in Little Dixie part two: ‘Most bigots are cowards’

(Editor's Note: This is part two of a two-part series examining LGBT in Little Dixie, a region in southeastern Oklahoma. Part one can be...

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