Poetry: Coyote Communion
I grew up in Alva, Oklahoma, a town of approximately 5,000 in the northwestern part of the state, roughly 24 miles from the Kansas...
Supreme Court should stop securitization racket
This morning at 10:30, the Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear oral arguments as to whether OG&E consumers will be on the hook for up...
Urban OKC chickens ready to live their best lives
The chickens are coming home to roost in Oklahoma City ... potentially.
That statement would normally mean bad things the city has done in the...
Oklahomans having the wrong type of Dry January
As some of you may be aware, it is January, and it is dry. While I'm not struggling to remember the last time I...
Lethal injection hides cruelty behind guise of medicine
As Oklahoma plans to start 2022 with another execution, it is time for a sober reassessment of the broken practice of lethal injection.
As an...
However you say it, omicron variant tests our resolve
I think it might be pronounced "contagious," actually.
No matter how you say it, the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is here, and it's...
In 2022, don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good
"A little messy, but we're cleaning up" is about the best way I can describe the end of 2021. There are certainly many things...
Despite optimism and high expectations, 2021 bombed
I've always hated New Year's Eve.
As a kid growing up under the Cold War threat of nuclear annihilation, New Year's seemed like a perfect...
Finding hope and help amid holiday heartache
The holiday season is normally a time for joy and celebration, a time to connect or reconnect with family and friends. But, for many,...
Make room for others this holiday season
Many folks know the Christmas story: The miraculous birth of a child by a Jewish virgin, who was told that her baby was the...
