For my July 13 edition of Spy 101, the music history “class” I host on The Spy FM/KOSU, I told the story of Disco Demolition Night, a July 12, 1979 event staged by the Chicago White Sox during a twi-night double-header against the Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park. Organized and promoted by DJ Steve Dahl, […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Sculpted by Angel
Donald Trump officially announced his bid for re-election with all the expected bells and dog-whistles on the border wall, the “witch hunt” and the “angry, left-wing mob.” He even went back to his roots, obsessing over Hillary Clinton and prompting “Lock her up” chants. While Trump lied to the public about being tough on Russia […]
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Rooted in love
Ramadan is considered the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, a month of high spirituality in which Muslim people fast and focus on reflection and growth. But following several hate crimes in Oklahoma City and violence in mosques and other places of worship around the world, some feel a bigger sense of uneasiness than they […]
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Cover: Shadow of doubt
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) opened doors for me that had been locked for a long time. It gave me and 800,000 other Dreamers a two-year work permit, a social security number, relief from the threat of deportation and the opportunity to get a driver’s license. With all that, it also opened the door […]
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Chicken-Fried News: U.S. exports
Announcing his campaign for president in 2015, Donald Trump declared, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. … They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Accepting the dubious logic that countries are responsible for “sending” immigrants, this still begs the question of whom, exactly, […]
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Commentary: Lankford logic
On Jan. 9, U.S. Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, established that he is willing to say just about anything to divert attention from the multiple investigations into possible Russian collusion with the Donald Trump campaign and that passing campaign data to alleged Russian agents is nothing to worry about. A slipshod redaction job on one of […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Science diet
On Jan. 2, University of Oklahoma meteorologist with the extremely scientific first name Kelvin Droegemeier was approved in a U.S. Senate voice vote to become President Donald Trump’s chief adviser on all things science. For those not familiar with voice votes, it’s kind of like an Applause-O-Meter used during talent competitions or rap battles, or […]
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Chicken-Fried News: 2018 takeout
Fallin away The queen is dead; long live the king. Mary Fallin’s eight-year reign of terror over the state is over, and her successor Kevin Stitt is a political outsider who campaigned on his version of “drain the swamp” but has surrounded himself with insiders during his transition to the Governor’s Mansion. Oh, Gov. Fallin, […]
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Commentary: Fighting hate
In November 2018, former Oklahoma Gazette reporter Ben Luschen found one while hiking near Cushing and took a photo on his cellphone. Then, shortly before Christmas, the sticker for the white identitarian/hate group Identity Evropa began appearing in prominent locations throughout the Oklahoma City metro area, showing up in Midtown, Nichols Hills, downtown Edmond and […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Defensive funds
If the federal budget process asked for spending suggestions the same way an improv comedy group asked for settings for a scene, it would go something like this: “OK, we’re looking for a way to spend your tax dollars. Who has a great idea?” “Medicare for all.” “Green new deal.” “Universal basic income.” “OK, it […]