Photo: Mark Jaworski Things are definitely looking more up than down and out for The Front Bottoms. The indie punk act spent more than a few tours playing hole-in-the-walls and sleeping on floors but it now finds itself selling out sizable clubs and getting pegged to open up for well-known bands like Brand New, which […]
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Be our guest, Part 2
Titled “Billionaire Wildcatter, Risk Addict Aubrey McClendon Has Bet It All On Shale,” the story was a sometimes harsh piece on one of Oklahoma City’s first-tier citizens. The article that came out stated the visit to Oklahoma City did little to change the author’s opinion on the company, that McClendon did not learn from previous […]
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American Muslims condemn terrorism
Hoehn’s remarks are all too familiar attempts to spread hate and lies about Muslims and their faith. Hoehn, an attorney and executive director of the Washington D.C.-based Alliance for Vigilance, relies on fear tactics and hearsay rather than facts about Islam to spread an agenda rooted in bigotry. Hoehn, like others in the ever-growing anti-Muslim […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
—Muneer Awad, lawyer and executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), quoted in the “Shariah Shock” article in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Spring 2011 Intelligence Report. Awad and CAIR were asked to fight for businesses not willing to “pick fights” if the amendment approved in State Question 755 […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
“There used to be a day when honest reporters would not take quotes for one article and insert them in another article to suit their fancy. There used to be a day when all newspapers factually reported on what was actually happening as news instead of attempting to create news with hearsay, speculation, supposition and […]
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Carnivore offended by lawmaker’s one-size-fits-all mentality
I feel Clifton Adcock’s article in and of itself was well-written, bringing into focus a serious condition facing our state. Although I do not label myself a bleeding-heart liberal, I do feel that any legislation that serves to help those who cannot help themselves (in this case, the dogs in “puppy mills”) is a good […]