To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Oklahoma’s Hurley Burley
BY DAVID PERRYMAN
When will this Hurley Burley be done? When will the battle be lost and won?
The opening dialogue from Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a...
Fat Roger And The Duping Of America
BY VERN TURNER
Warren, OH is a mill town that experienced great industrial success in the mid-20th Century. It was named after Moses Warren, its...
Criminal Justice In Oklahoma: ‘Sliding Off A Cliff’
BY DON HOLLADAY
Many like to point to the death penalty’s retention as a necessary ingredient of our state’s get-tough-on-crime philosophy. Instead, it represents just...
America’s Moral Compass
BY SHARON MARTIN
Around here, we see it all the time. The Ten Commandments are stuck on the tailgates of pickups, on signs in people’s yards,...
Singing, Dancing And Delivering The Booty
BY DAVID PERRYMAN
Ray Stevens’ Pirate Song captures the essence of life at the Oklahoma Capitol. The lyrics tell about “pirates” who relish the finer...