Outraged by the man in blue
What kind of officer would write that ticket? The toddler was in pull-ups and being potty-trained. Unbelievable! Unreal injustice of an officer abusing his right to wear an uniform. This officer will cause more problems of authority abuse in the future. Only thing I can think of is he is punishing the mother for not…
Over the cliff
There has been much speculation that an 11th-hour agreement is likely, given what going over the cliff would mean for jobs, the economy, investments, and credit ratings. What one needs to remember is that in Washington everything is politics. And going over the cliff is very good politics. Here’s why: On Jan. 1, the Bush…
Latino shock waves
Laws like House Bill 1804 and others of its ilk galvanized Hispanics here and across the nation against the Republican Party and its proxies, possibly for many years to come. What the reporter should have said is that HB 1804 sent shock waves through Oklahoma’s Latino communities, but failed to achieve the result that its…
Douglass needs help
The National Oklahoma City Douglass High School Alumni Association has existed in its present form, to support the growth and development our school and its students, for 26 years. We have existed through a litany of school administrators. The history of Douglass High School now stretches over 122 years. It has produced giants of leaders,…
A shameful turn
I would love to see the estimated 150,000 uninsured Oklahomans who could have access to health insurance through Medicaid expansion arrive on the steps of the state Capitol for Fallin to meet firsthand. Let her try to explain how it is reasonable and humane for them to remain uninsured in order for her to score…
Comes a Bright Day
The story surrounds a hostage situation during the attempted theft of a diamond butterfly broach commissioned by Napoleon and valued at some $1 million and change, and the efforts of a mild-mannered errand runner (Craig Roberts, Jane Eyre) to become a hero in the face of danger. So what if it mostly to impress the…
Win win
The Oklahoma City resident and his wife, Julie, entered Oklahoma Gazette’s Top 15 College Football Pickoff, winning the first week of the contest. The Cooleys’ win automatically put them in the running for the Oklahoma City Barons’ promotional Drive Away Every Saturday event. At the Barons’ Oct. 19 home opener, Cooley and several other contestants…
Toby Keith — Hope on the Rocks
For many years, on my late, lamented Colorado-based radio show, Damaged Hearing, whenever I felt like especially annoying the decidedly unpatriotic community-radio audience, I would sing along, loud and proud, to Oklahoma-born Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue.” Of course, the more I would sing along to the song, the more I…
Have a Cow
Behind a strip mall, The Cow Calf- Hay is possibly one of the best hidden gems in Edmond. This family-friendly restaurant is serving up juicy Certified Angus Beef burgers, curly or sweet potato fries and signature sandwiches. Opened in August 2011 by the same local owners of the popular sandwich shop City Bites, it’s evident…
Something brewing
The 1354 W. Sheridan property is a brewing cooperative currently housing Anthem, Redbud and Black Mesa. Eric Pennell, Mustang director of marketing and promotions, said the current tenants will remain. “Mustang has been on the side of the contract brewer,” he said. “We’re excited to help other brewers grow.” Mustang moved into a facility in…
OKG7 places where the soup is on
Forward Foods5123 N. Westernforwardfoods.com879-9937 Fresh-made soup on the daily is what you’ll find at this quaint shop. Organic cream of tomato, heirloom bean chili and the soup o’ the day are just a few of the options for lunch. On the side, grab a quiche or ready-made sandwiches. Don’t neglect the cheese counter. Saturn Grill6432…
Thou shalt not troll
Credit: Brad Gregg Members of the anti-abortion group, who describe themselves as modern-day abolitionists, took issue with the fact that a portion of the church’s donations go to Planned Parenthood (which, incidentally, does not provide abortions in Oklahoma). Mayflower lists 23 other organizations that receive church funds, including food banks and homeless shelters. Several figures,…
Guitar, picked
Credit: Brad Gregg A week before Thanksgiving, the singer-songwriter’s Shawnee home was broken into, and the thief — or thieves — took two of her prized possessions: her guitars. We at Chicken-Fried News don’t speak guitarese, but according to her publicist, one was “a Martin 00-15 acoustic with Rare Earth pickups,” while the other was…
Taking root
Rather, his family-owned grocery store began to take a hit last year when Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and Sprouts came to town. “We were going to get put out of business in Norman,” he said. Runkle was already eyeing downtown Oklahoma City for a second location. When things began to look bleak in Norman,…
Field of kitchens
You’re hungry for a win, sure, but you’re even hungrier for some food. Luckily, Oklahomans have plenty of passion for their teams and restaurant owners are no exception. That’s why you can sate your ravenous hunger and support your college team of choice at places like Hideaway Pizza (several metro locations). Founded in 1957, Hideaway…
A tale of email
Credit: Mark Hancock The hundreds of emails were obtained through an Oklahoma Gazette open records request submitted June 4. They were not released until October because of technical problems with the email system, according to Tierney Tinnin, a school district spokeswoman. Staples resigned after the conclusion of a district investigation into allegations of altering grades…
Re-examine the convention center
To replace it, we must keep our eyes on two goals: designing a convention center that best serves our present and future needs and conducting the design process with openness and transparency. Few dispute the fact that convention business has tanked nationally, particularly regarding larger conventions. The Oct. 13 Wall Street Journal reported on the…
LETTERS
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:1″> Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to pbacharach@ okgazette.com or sent online at okgazette.com, but include a city…
LETTERS
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:1″> Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its Letters to the Editor section. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Letters can be mailed, faxed, emailed to pbacharach@ okgazette.com or sent online at okgazette.com, but include a city…
‘Fear’ itself
In other words, like so many B movies selling sizzle, the 1962 film promises more than it’s able to deliver. Neither particularly bad nor good, the movie nonetheless has a special something to keep it alive; on Sept. 25, it hit DVD again as part of Weird-Noir, a six-picture package from the exploitation-pic purveyors at…
Solid Goldberg
If you’re planning on asking music legend Danny Goldberg a question at Thursday’s ACM@UCO Master Class, he’d prefer it if you refer to what he does as working in the music “business” and not the music “industry.” “‘Music industry’ is not a phrase I can relate to. It’s a business. It’s music businesses, plural,” he…
Crow about it
Photo: Crackerfarm The only thing Americana act Old Crow Medicine Show likes better than working the stage is working the corner. “It’s always been our heart and soul. Our performance comes out of all those years spent cutting our teeth on the street corner,” singer Ketch Secor said of the band’s humble beginnings busking on…
You go, girls
The Chloes are no strangers to Oklahoma. The Dallas-based quartet recorded much of their debut LP, Vanish, at Bell Labs Recording in Norman, and have made numerous trips up Interstate 35 for live shows in the metro, including a spot at last spring’s Norman Music Festival. The all-woman indie pop-rockers will rekindle their fledgling Sooner…
Reindeer games
The fourth annual Reindeer Run will benefit NorthCare programs for children. By Shawn S. Lealos Northcare Reindeer Run 9:30 a.m. saturday northcare 4436 nwW. 50th www.northcare.com 858-2831 $20 Dig your wildest socks out of your dresser drawer Saturday morning and head out to run and raise money for Oklahoma children. All proceeds from the fourth…
Fear the … K-Mart?
Kevin Martin Credit: Shannon Cornman If Thunder fans’ affections for Kevin Martin and James Harden are still divided, tonight’s game between Oklahoma City and the Houston Rockets could be a good bellwether. Through 11 games this season, Martin averaged 17.6 points per game, more than the 16.8 points per game that Harden averaged over 64…
Crossing over
Oklahoma is known for being a dry, flat land where tornados cause most of the excitement. With his new novel, Silver Cross, B. Kent Anderson brings spy-thriller action to the state scene. Silver Cross is his sixth novel, and the second to follow the adventures of small-town Oklahoman college professor Nick Journey and federal agent…
Canterbury is Bach
On Sunday, the Canterbury Choral Society performs Baroque Christmas, its annual holiday concert featuring masterworks by Bach and Handel, whose Hallelujah richly captures the wholeness of the season’s spirit. Randi Von Ellefson, Canterbury artistic director, will conduct the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and the Canterbury Chorus, composed of more than 100 volunteer singers. “We love performing…
Sharp-dressed men
Whether it’s a spa, shop, combination of the two or a full-blown makeup bar, ladies have no shortage of goods or services when it comes to looking snazzy. Sometimes, if the accompanying menfolk are lucky, a minuscule corner on the back shelf bears a few items they can peruse whilst waiting for their lady-friends’ shopping…
Palate cleanser
Former NBA player Desmond Mason will be among the 20 local artists at the fifth annual Refreshing the Palate. Sponsored by The Metro Wine Bar & Bistro, the event features 20 wines. LaVeryl Lower, owner of The Metro, commissioned artists to create interpretations of the labels of the wines being served. The artwork is auctioned…
To protect
One woman’s fight for survival has changed Oklahoma law — twice. BY KEVAN GOFF-PARKER Lynne Mullins said she made a “bad mistake” when she got married. Her husband abused her and she soon feared for her own and her children’s lives. Yet, despite a divorce and court protective orders, there seemed to be no end…
A new book
A temporary library in southwest OKC becomes permanent after it draws scores of new users. BY CLIFTON ADCOCK Few cars are parked in the sprawling concrete prairie of a southwest Oklahoma City lot that once saw vehicles roaming like buffalo across its surface. Some parts of the Almonte Shopping Center still cling to life, but…
Rabbis making history
Vered Harris “I think the real story is that 100 percent of the city’s congregational rabbis are female,” said Harris, who joined B’nai Israel on July 1. “I celebrate the day that female rabbis aren’t a news story, though.” Harris will work closely with Jacobson. The two share many of the same goals for both…
Over-regulating energy costs jobs
BY BRIAN BUSH <span style=" mso-bidi-line-height:115%”> As state policymakers debate how to increase Oklahoma’s historically significant role in energy exploration and production, I hope that both state and federal officials will keep in mind the growing concern among voters regarding unnecessary federal regulations that are hamstringing our energy industry. Business leaders and elected officials need…
Rites of Spring
Realizing that’s been done before, writer/director Padraig Reynolds shrewdly introduces a second storyline in the form of a $2 million kidnapping scheme concocted by a white-trash trio on a wealthy family. For these two storylines to converge takes about 50 minutes, and just before they do, Rites delivers a welcome twist. Well, it would be…
The Definitive Document of the Dead
By the film’s own opening-crawl admission, Document is intended as a teaching tool, so its nature is purposely freeform — and how! Narrated by the late Susan Tyrell (until the new sections), the film captures Romero and friends at work on 1978’s Dawn of the Dead, the now-classic sequel to 1968’s classic Night of the…
Tell No One
Based on an internationally best-selling novel by Harlan Coben and directed by Frenchman Guillaume Canet, the story follows Alexandre Beck (popular French actor François Cluzet), a doctor who goes about his practice while carrying a torch for his wife, Margot (Marie Josée-Croze), who was murdered eight years prior. The specific circumstances of her death are…
Zorro
Zorro movies always are better in theory than execution, but this is one of the more enjoyable efforts, because for once, the swashbuckling Spanish superhero is interpreted by the Italians. Therefore, the dish has a slight spaghetti-Western flavor. French screen idol Alain Delon (Le Samouraï) gallops into town as Don Diego, only to see his…
Health insurance? Fooey!
First, the Republican governor delayed implementing aspects of the ACA, otherwise known as Obamacare, in hopes that it would be rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court. When that plan failed, she and others counted on the election of a Republican president to push its repeal. That plan didn’t work out so well, either. Finally, it’s…
7 TSA-banned items Wayne Coyne has yet to take through airport security (we think)
1. Reebok Super Smash Kashmir Willow cricket bat 2. Krylon Brushed Metallic Indoor Satin spray paint can (caramel latte color, 11 oz.) 3. Dragon Nunchucks (“The Choice of Better Ninjas Everywhere,” with handsome dragon inlay design and ball bearing swivel, 30 inches) 4. Black Cat Gatlin’ Pack roman candles (18 inches, eight per pack) 5.…
Countering contraceptives
“Hobby Lobby must violate its faith and pay for abortion pills” shouted a news release following the judge’s decision. But the truth of the matter is a bit more complex. Are emergency contraceptives tantamount to abortion? Medical experts believe they prevent ovulation or fertilization. It is not impossible that they could prevent a fertilized egg…
