Interrogators of Nazi POWs break their silence
Whadaya know! The WWII veterans who pumped German prisoners of war for information about the Third Reich say torture doesn
Route 66 history and memorabilia on display in El Reno
Redlands Community College Art Gallery presents: “Route 66: The Mother Road Journey – Past, Present, and Future” “Rt. 66: The Mother Road” Official Oklahoma Centennial Series – Year 5 September …
2007 Okie Blog Awards announced
And the winners are … Congratulations to all, and a big collegial hug to Mike at Okiedoke who does such a great job with the awards each year, in addition …
Paul Krugman on the privatization of war
“As far as I can tell, America has never fought a war in which mercenaries made up a large part of the armed force, as is the case in Iraq. …
American Conservative Magazine: Petraeus is a 'Sycophant Savior'
“David Petraeus is a political general. Yet in presenting his recent assessment of the Iraq War and in describing the “way forward,” Petraeus demonstrated that he is a political general …
Oklahoma's Glover River
The Sierra Club has released a new report in their campaign America’s Wild Legacy. 52 Places details one feature or area of each state, plus Puerto Rico and the District …
207 American Prisoners Released on DNA Evidence
More than 75 percent of them were due mistaken identity. Great Q&A with the Innocence Project director about those releases and why the photo line up system doesn’t work. read …
Good and Evil
I read about the famous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment in college just a few years after it took place. Even then (soooo many years ago!) it was understood to be …