Once upon a time, a “straight-shooting” Texas oilman without a single accomplishment to his name decided to run for president as God’s chosen one. Proud of being a C student, and clumsy of speech like Moses, he would nevertheless lead us all to the promised land. He promised to “restore honor and dignity to the […]
Robin Meyers
Beyond the bones of Jesus
In case there is anyone out there who hasn’t heard yet, filmmaker James Cameron, who gave us such believable movies as “Titanic,” has made a new documentary called “The Lost Tomb of Jesus.” In it, he claims that several “ossuaries” or limestone tombs unearthed by construction workers in Jerusalem in 1980 once contained the bones […]
Obama isn’t black enough?
Sometimes I think America has a death wish. As the national nightmare of the Bush administration enters its final months, an amazing candidate steps forward with a constellation of traits rarely seen in a politician. His race is mixed, his education is classical, his powers of expression are superb, and he understands the role that […]
He just doesn’t get it
President Bush is famous for telling other people that they just don’t get it. He lives in the bubble of entitlement and dismisses critics as unpatriotic, uninformed or just plain weird. Now the American people have turned the tables. As the State of the Union speech made painfully clear, it’s the president who just doesn’t […]
Hangman, be not proud
More than 3,000 American servicemen and women are dead. Forty-seven thousand reportedly are injured. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are dead, and the region is awash in sectarian violence that never ends. The reputation of the United States is in shambles, billions of tax dollars have been poured into the sand and the most radical […]
More denial, more dysfunction
When Oklahoma Gazette readers pick up this issue, the results will all be in, and the voters who bother to vote will have spoken. My hunch is that however much the Democrats gain, the country will have taken a sharp turn toward the middle ” helped along by disgusted Republicans and a jilted Christian right. […]
