The Departure: Reporting on Oklahoma City’s Independence Day Anguish

Let’s be perfectly clear. Grown men playing a silly basketball game is about as important as the latest Bachelorette gossip on this Independence Day weekend. With sadistic men successfully igniting bombs and shooting up night clubs while an American presidential election is making One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest look like uplifting family entertainment, really tall, athletic men who get paid ungodly amounts of money … Continue reading The Departure: Reporting on Oklahoma City’s Independence Day Anguish

A State, a Team and Tragedy: The Enduring Spirit of Oklahoma

The snow fell hard and fast. The roads quickly developed a sheet of white. Oklahoma drivers hesitantly leveled a soft foot on an anxious gas pedal as they traveled north from downtown Oklahoma City towards suburban Edmond, home from work to houses filled with exhausted spouses and excited children, because snow seems to deliver nothing but utter joy to the immature. Meanwhile, a daring few … Continue reading A State, a Team and Tragedy: The Enduring Spirit of Oklahoma