Timothy McVeigh was a white nationalist, Turner Diaries-reading terrorist. He used a Ryder truck full of ammonium nitrate to kill 168 men, women and children on April 19, 1995, at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. As we approach the 24th anniversary of this massacre of our neighbors, friends and family, […]
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Susan Herndon successfully maintains life as a working musician in an ever-changing world
Herndon plays in a song swap with Mike Hosty and Larry Spears Thursday at The Blue Door.
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Letters to the Editor: March 1, 2017
These kinds of bills show how shortsighted our state representatives are. They should repeal all the tax breaks that were given, mostly to their wealthy donors, even to the oil companies, including subsidies.
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Many of the speeches given at the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., were vulgar, “nasty” and, many times, screeching.
Many of the speeches given at the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., were vulgar, “nasty” and, many times, screeching.
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Lone Survivor fundraiser helps combat veteran PTSD and trauma
The gala is set for Aug. 13 at OKC Farmers Public Market.
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Chicken-Fried News: Block-worthy posts
Police learned of a pair of bomb threats made by an OKC man on a social media platform.
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Commentary: What the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing taught us
It is hard to believe that 20 years have passed. I was taking roll in a public speaking class at Oklahoma City University that fateful morning, and a young woman who was often tardy strolled in at 9:05 and said, “Sorry I’m late, but they just blew up a building over there.” I remember thinking […]
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Commentary: Schools getting it radically wrong
A film shown in an Oklahoma history classroom at Jenks Freshman Academy incorrectly links Muslims to the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
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Commentary: Never let us forget
The heart of a city was broken, lives forever changed and the general feeling of safety we all expect in our daily lives shattered.
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Throwing stones at glass houses
“Everybody understands terrorism destroys people’s lives, it destroys property. All I meant was, all I was saying was the homosexual agenda is destroying people’s lives. I never meant to call them terrorists,” Kern said in defense of her beliefs. And then … and then she said that disagreeing with her belief is akin to being […]