Civics
NonDoc journalists report on the civic realm in Oklahoma and beyond. Our site also publishes a variety of commentary pieces about civic matters. As a site category, "Civics" encompasses three subcategories: Education, Health Care and Politics.
Editorial: Pig dumping at Lawton mosque a damn shame
If some dipshit in a pickup truck thinks slinging a pig carcass in the parking lot of a Lawton mosque counts as irreverent political discourse,...
Stop ignoring early education findings from the 1970s
Across the nation, the post-election transition period has proven to be just as angry as our bitter election, which is likely to be followed by...
5 people who could succeed Pruitt as attorney general
With Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt positioned to become the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the Sooner State could find itself with...
Electoral College worth saving (but needs tweaking)
Once again, another presidential election has occurred in which the candidate who earned the most popular votes failed to win a majority of electoral votes....
Reports: Trump picks Oklahoma AG Scott Pruitt for EPA
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt will be selected as Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, according to multiple reports.
Pruitt's name had drawn less...
School funding and welfare: How low can Oklahoma go?
Oklahoma’s growing failures in school funding and social welfare were recently showcased across two in-depth National Public Radio reports. Both are warnings to the rest of...
Editorial: Wacky politics rule local campaigns, resignation
Don't look now, but the sputtering bus of Oklahoma democracy is back on the streets, running various stop signs and picking up an assortment...
On World AIDS Day, longtime HIV carrier considers progress
LOS ANGELES — On this World AIDS Day, I will enter my 40th year of living with HIV. I have seen a lot over those...
Past minutes unavailable as OU Regents meet today
(Update: A link has been added to the OU Regents meeting minutes website for the September 2016 document. While it initial directed to an...
Most polls merely good for getting clicks (and little else)
The wife of Noah Webster, he of dictionary fame, once came home to find her husband in bed with the maid. “Noah,” said Mrs....
