December 15, 2012

This Land’s final issue of the year takes a gander back over the big stories of 2012. WATER WARS: Ginger Strand’s three-part series on Oklahoma water politics. DEATH’S YELLOW DOOR: Kelly Kurt’s first-hand examination of the execution chamber. MR.RAY FITS A SUIT: Michael Berglund’s profile of Holocaust survivor Sherman Ray. GRACE IN BROKEN ARROW: Kiera Feldman’s investigation of the Grace Fellowship Church scandal. SWINGIN’ MICK: Beau Adams story of Mickey Mantle’s bent, but not broken, body. THE THIRD MAN: Gerald Posner’s investigation of the Oklahoma City Bombing (the one The New Yorker pulled the plug on). STRANGE LOVE: Lee Roy Chapman’s provocative take on Billy James Hargis, the man who created right-wing radio.