Outlaw On The Big Screen
He was born Napoleon Blackstone Vann, but ever since he was a little shaver, “Nip” Vann was destined to be a star. But a few bad decisions — namely, killing a cop in Caney, Kansas — sealed his fate on...
View ArticleBombed-Out Boise City
It was about half past midnight on July 5, 1943. The heat of the day had given way to the usual cooling that occurs during the summer at Boise City, located in the far western end of the Oklahoma...
View ArticleThe Unlikely Baroness
Historical records conflict over the issue of the first black female millionaire, though Sarah Rector was the first black adolescent to achieve millionaire status, hands down. Her road to riches...
View ArticleMy Life, On The Day Of The Oklahoma City Bombing
"I stared at her. A bomb? In Oklahoma City? I looked at the TV. Black smoke poured from the side of a tall building. It was hard to see exactly what was going on, but it looked bad. I stepped closer so...
View ArticleThe True Blues And The Tiger Eyes Vs. The Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan was quite popular in the young, formerly Confederate state of Oklahoma and was used to doing whatever they felt was righteous. The Klan was responsible for crime and violence, despite...
View ArticleHeaven Is A Place For Sale
The past 30 years have not been the best for American Christianity’s membership numbers. They have, however, been fantastic for selling there-and-back stories about visiting Heaven.
View ArticleVideo Killed The Pulpit Star
The great irony of video sermons is that, in an effort to spread the magnetism and charisma of a single gifted pastor, churches sacrifice the spontaneity inherent in the house of worship itself, its...
View ArticleLetter To My Son The Weekend He Died
As I look at you, lying on your stomach, propped up on your elbows, in your room with three members of the Tulsa Police Department in and around your door, you don’t look like you were ready to die.
View ArticleThe Rise Of Artisan Radio
Somewhere in between the mindless banter of sports talk radio, the bubblegum lyrics of top 40 hits, and the NPR driveway moments that leave tears on your seat belt, the boundaries of news and music...
View ArticleCatching Bigfoot Isn't Enough. He Must Be Killed
The remarkably professional North American Wood Ape Conservancy has eschewed much of the cultural detritus surrounding Bigfoot and instead adopted what to many devotees seems like a cold and vicious...
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