The lyrics of “Oklahoma Rising,” the state’s centennial anthem, are infested with clichés, insensitive to contributions made by American Indians to the state and filled with hokey banalities that should embarrass anyone who lives here. The lyrics should make Oklahomans extremely suspect about the tone of the official centennial celebration in 2007. Will it be […]
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Gas out of grass?
I live with a man who wants to make gas out of grass. I live with a man who talks to himself and anyone who will listen about farmland, feedstock and fuel tanks. I live with a man who has spent most of his adult life trying to figure out where and how […]
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Run off the runoff
Oklahoma’s political system could use a makeover. Voter turnout continues to decline in the primary, runoffs and general elections. Party politics are changing as the Republicans gain membership and the Democrats lose. All too many candidates are more concerned about their parties gaining control of the House or Senate than compromising to accomplish something rather […]
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Beat with a rock
According to the police report, bail bondsman Daniel Carroll picked the wrong informant ” a key witness against the self-proclaimed “Video Vigilante” ” and was beat with a rock. The affidavit filed recently in Oklahoma County District Court claims Carroll was assaulted, beaten and robbed by Renee Bonnie McCullough, a self-admitted prostitute; her male […]
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Much ado about God
Last month’s primary elections were heavy with the usual rhetoric: smooth talk, trash talk, sweet talk, empty talk. Now God talk has been added to what was one of the most alienating elections we’ve had in a long time. In the 5th U.S. House District Republican primary, the five candidates became whirling dervishes of […]
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Politics
I confess: I am a 42-year-old “Harry Potter” fan. My son is also a “Harry Potter” fan, but I am willing to admit that my appreciation for the J.K. Rowling series goes beyond paternal duty, and, like my son, I jump up and down on the couch and squeal when a new installment is released. […]
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Heart of a martyr
The Rev. Stanley Rother’s heart rested behind the church’s main altar in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. The successor to the slain priest, the Rev. Thomas McSherry, wanted to relocate the buried vital organ to a less obscure location during the 10th anniversary of Rother’s assassination. Finding a home ‘A paradise and a hellhole’ ‘Accepted on the […]
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Vigilante’ vendetta?
Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane said new charges and a resurrected case against the self-described “Video Vigilante” Brian Bates happened because Bates wouldn’t shut up about the case. Bates and his attorney, Scott Adams, say Lane is using the law to attempt to silence a political critic. Although Oklahoma County District Judge […]