Category Archives: Culture

“Monumental” more Mental than Monument… by Mark Burkett

Although I’m certainly old enough to remember, I never really followed the career of former teen sitcom star KIRK CAMERON enough to know if he was ever the Justin Bieber of his day, some twenty years ago. I do know that, sometime after leaving the “Growing Pains” show, Cameron starred in the original “Left Behind”

Obama & Keystone XL

By Earl Hatley I was [s]orry I could not be in Cushing [on Thursday] as I had planned… I don’t hate our President. In fact I defended him by chastising the fact that our Governor and other elected officials choose not to meet his plane. Last time Air Force 1 landed a tinker was for

Cushing’s Little White Lie

Cushing, Oklahoma looks like a lovely little town with an affluent past.  It is, some would say, one of the key oil centers of the United States.  The people of Cushing have thrived for generations due to the wealth brought in by oil.  But have all of the people of Cushing thrived, or just the Caucasian ones? If

Human Rights Film Festival – OKC – March 24 & 25

Free and open to the public. *** 24 March Saturday *** 1:10 pm – Life of Amnesty International Founder Peter Benenson 2:40 pm – Message From Fallujah 2:55 p.m. – Justice Without Border (Bringing human rights violators to justice) 3:35 pm -Fighting for Life in the Death Belt (follows Anti-Death penalty lawyer) *** 24 March,

Lakota People Call for Hunger Strike re: Water April 1-3

The Lakota Hunger Strike for Sacred Water Protection In Solidarity with Bella Bella Written by a group of Lakota tribal members including Kyanne Dillabaugh, Debra White Plume and Karen Ducheneaux On the Cheyenne River Homelands in 1868 Ft Laramie Treaty Territory many Lakota families will join the children of Bella Bella, Canada in a two-day

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