“There’s nothing to be bitter about. It’s war,” he said. “I didn’t sign up to get into the underwater basket-weaving program. You know the dangers.” Dunagan and his team were about to enter an Afghan village when one of his men stepped on a land mine that triggered an improvised explosive device (IED). The […]
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Headliners announced for Tulsa’s Center of the Universe Festival
Main stage acts include AWOLNATION, Fitz and the Tantrums, twenty one pilots , Young the Giant, Capital Cities and Cold War Kids. More details will be announced on Thursday, organizers said.
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New Ado
Director René Moreno has set the play in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, at the turn of the last century. Thus, you have a Col. Don Pedro, a Lt. Claudio and a Capt. Benedick of Chickasha, all of the First Cavalry Regiment. Moreno makes numerous other dialog changes to fit the setting. Placing Shakespeare plays in the […]
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Prohibition, not pot, is the problem
Neill Franklin, executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), spent 34 years with the Maryland State Police working primarily in drug investigations. Franklin spoke earlier this month at a University of Oklahoma conference entitled, “The War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration: Myths and Realities.” During an interview with Oklahoma Gazette, Franklin said state lawmakers […]
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Lone Survivor
Based on a 2007 memoir by former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, Lone Survivor details the ill-fated Operation Red Wings. In that 2005 mission, Luttrell and three of his fellow SEALs were dispatched to assassinate a Taliban leader, Ahmad Shah, near Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush Mountains. After getting close to their target, the team was ambushed by […]
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What’s wrong with Christmas?
Devout and inflexible in their interpretation of scripture, these children of the Mayflower viewed celebration of Christmas as pagan and idolatrous. Throughout its colonial days, much of New England could not “make merry” without incurring the ire of magistrates and a hefty fine. Even after the Colonies gave way to the United States of America, […]
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Lockdown
Locking up nonviolent drug users and perpetuating the 42-year-old War on Drugs has become a profitable and political tool used by Oklahoma’s elected officials and the for-profit prison industry. Many of those offenders have a recognized need for treatment or a halfway house setting instead of incarceration, said state Rep. Gus Blackwell (R-Laverne), an advocate […]
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Steampunk is fun again
Everyone has that one friend or relative who is a little nerdy and difficult to shop for. You know, that cousin who is obsessed with comic books and wants to spend hours arguing over whether or not Marvel is still relevant after the horrible, strange decisions they’ve made lately … but I digress. Take a […]
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LETTERS
We have been approached many times in Oklahoma by the people and media to shed some light on the Syrian story. It is our duty to educate the people and tell them about the big picture. All of us know that the problem is much bigger than the discussion about the chemical weapons. The problem […]