November 2021

Fiction 1. “I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems” by Kate Baer (Harper Perennial) 2.

When parents warn their children about drug exposure, they tell them tales of the danger of peer pressure from teenagers in murky basements or from the dark corners of the bleachers during a high school football game. Coming-of-age movies portray swimming pools full of teens drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana while the protagonist dodges bad influences like a spy weaving through radioactive laser beams. The reality for many American teenagers, however, doesn’t align with popular narratives. Firsttime drug use often begins somewhere far more fluorescent: the dentist’s chair.

Nov. 29—STILLWATER — More than an hour had passed since the end of the game and Oklahoma State linebacker Devin Harper still had on his orange pants.

Why the hatred of Kyle Rittenhouse? Why was there such widespread dishonest news coverage of the case against him that his acquittal by the Kenosha, Wisconsin, jury came as an unwelcome surprise to so many? For example, so-called comedian Stephen Colbert’s recent comment (“If he didn’t break the law, we should change the law”) shows he’s ready to jettison the ancient right of self-defense.

DENVER — They began the game in the worst of all positions — their one-yard line — looking at a destination that couldn’t have been farther away. That desperate starting point proved to be fitting on an all-uphill day when the Chargers set out on a reasonable enough journey but instead came up well short.

Today is the 334th day of 2021 and the 70th day of autumn. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1782, provisional articles of peace were signed in Paris between Britain and the United States, under which Britain recognized U.S.

Morrison and Pawhuska are the two area survivors in the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association Class A football playoffs. Morrison avenged an earlier loss to Tonkawa by topping the Bucs 12-0 Friday and Pawhuska rolled over Elmore City-Pernell 47-0.

TREE OF LIFE It’s that time again for Hospice of North Central Oklahoma’s Tree of Life Campaign. You can purchase a ceramic ornament in memory of someone who has died or in honor of someone special in your life.