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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Moscow Festival Ballet returns to Armstrong Auditorium as a local favorite
The Russian ballet company presents two 7:30 p.m. performances Jan. 29-30
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Chicken-Fried News: Between the lines
Sen. Lankford and the state Election Board agree that Oklahoma’s voting system is pretty secure.
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Just because you’re “opposed to abortion” doesn’t make you “pro-life.”
Just because you’re “opposed to abortion” doesn’t make you “pro-life.”
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Food Briefs: Whispering Pines Inn Restaurant, Iguana Mexican Grill, Ellis Island Coffee and Wine Lounge
Whispering Pines Inn Restaurant announces new chef, Iguana Mexican Grill temporarily relocates for remodel, Ellis Island Coffee and Wine Lounge opens in Edmond.
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Letters to the Editor: Oct. 26, 2016
As for the need to repent of the “moral failings,” yeah, right, Trump that paragon of virtuous behavior.
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Moscow Festival Ballet returns to Edmond
A Russian ballet company performs classics Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty in Edmond.
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Irony Man
Credit: Brad Gregg If the Manning case has taught Americans anything, it is that irony remains alive and well. Federal authorities, outraged over how the leaked documents spotlighted the U.S. military at its most questionable, responded by keeping Manning in solitary confinement 23 hours a day. During much of that time, he was forced to […]
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Chernobyl Diaries
From the mind of Paranormal Activity maestro Oren Peli and first-time director Bradley Parker, the film follows six 20-somethings (including former boy bander Jesse McCartney) taking an “extreme tour” of the town of Pripyat, abandoned since the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster of 1986. They’re not supposed to be there, but it wouldn’t be extreme if […]
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Elena
Moral bankruptcy looms over Elena, a noir-ish Russian-language drama that screens Thursday through Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, but director Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return) would have us withhold judgment of the dreary, compromised characters he presents. In lengthy, often static shots, Zvyagintsev urges his audience to study every inch of the bleak […]