Shock because she dared stare in the face of convention, and applause because the Gazette didn’t succumb to the masses and deny her position because it’s a guaranteed unpopular one. Moreover, I’m delighted it received front-page status. This position is one that I have shared for almost two decades, sans a short stretch where I […]
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How hot is it?
It’s so hot that you might resort to these items for relief. But be warned: Some of them are so uncool, they may not be worth the cold. BY ROD LOTT
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Buck
Could do without horses? You’re going to love “Buck.” Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the documentary tells the story of Buck Brannaman, Wyoming-based horse whisperer. He travels three-fourths of the year, conducting clinics all over the nation on breaking horses — and sometimes their owners — of bad behavior. What’s […]
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Councilman misfires with gun comment
This is the exact same thought process (or lack thereof) and attitude that go along with prejudice against people simply based on looks, which could not be more wrong. All, and I do mean all, firearms are the same. All of them consist of a barrel and machinery that sends a metal projectile out at […]
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Means business
Incumbent David Castillo was defeated by challenger Jay Means in a three-way race for the District 6 seat, which represents southwest Oklahoma City. Castillo came in third with 15 percent of the vote, while Means garnered 68 percent of the vote. The third candidate Charles Campbell, got around 16 percent of the vote. Means, a […]
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OKC Chamber CEO’S chronology is incorrect
Regarding the Point/Counterpoint Commentary in the Jan. 19 Oklahoma Gazette by Roy Williams (“Point: Revise outmoded liquor laws”), president and CEO of Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, and Bill Bishop (“Counterpoint: Paying the price”), owner of The Grape Wine & Spirits in northwest Oklahoma City: Bishop makes several very valid points regarding the very […]
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League fatigue
A recent survey shows that a majority of Oklahoma City voters oppose the Lingerie Football League franchise coming to the city, as well as a tax increase to lure a new major sports franchise to the city. The same poll also found that most Oklahoma City voters surveyed would not support an additional big-league sports […]
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Run Fat Boy Run
Reviewer’s grade: C- Simon Pegg is slumming it. How else to explain that the guy who starred in and co-wrote the hilarious “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” is now relegated to the formulaic idiocy of “Run Fat Boy Run?” Pegg portrays Dennis, a lingerie-store security guard still carrying a torch for […]
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‘Leverage’ steals an election
Leverage Sunday, 8 p.m. (TNT) TNT’s “Leverage” is a funnier “Mission: Impossible,” in which Timothy Hutton’s merry band of thieves, con artists and hackers set up elaborate stings to thwart that week’s bad guy. The series makes expert use of cheesy accents, stagy disguises and unlikely gizmos, not to mention wisecracks at the tensest moments. […]
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The defender
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on prominent Oklahoma County legal figures. Former Oklahoma County District Attorney Bob Macy was profiled last week. For more than three decades, Oklahoma native Garvin Isaacs has spun epic story lines throughout Oklahoma and the West — stories that shockingly cast alleged murderers as convenient […]