September 15, 2012

Mid-September sees part two of our three-part series on Oklahoma water rights and, well, wrongs. ELVIS PRESLEY AND THE TEA PARTY NATION: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on how Elvis finally left the arena. THE CATFISH HUNTER: Holly Wall takes to noodling like a fish to water. I’LL BE DAMMED: W.R Holway presents a chronology on taming the Grand River so that it could be used as a source of power. THE THIRST GAMES: In the second installment of a three-part series on the Water Wars, Ginger Strand weighs in on the twin camps of water conservation and recreation. WHY WE WON’T STOP FIGHTING ABOUT WATER: Miles Tolbert on why it’s time to take this stuff seriously. POETRY: T. Allen Culpepper pens an ode to those pesky roof-dwelling raccoons. ANOTHER KIND OF ENDLESS SUMMER: John Wooley on how the Beach Boys, like the heat, are more summer than ever. LIFE AT THE TOWER: Sheryl Chard on the life and death of political columnist Alexander Cockburn. MADE FOR YOU AND ME: Michael Meyer of the Columbia Journalism Review boosts our egos with a laudatory review of This Land Press. LETTER FROM LOS ANGELES: Ron Honn takes a full-frontal assault on the nude beach at Pirate’s Cove. ORIGINAL OKIE: Mikey Burnett fought for one of the earliest teams to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He now teaches mixed martial arts at Mikey’s Gym.