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.
Letter: A triumph of our new king
(Editor's note: NonDoc publishes letters to the editors. The following creative writing was submitted as a rhetorical examination of Donald Trump's impending presidency. Submit...
North Carolina political drama ripe for TV script
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolinians have had a rough 2016.
From HB2, infamously known as the bathroom bill, to the protracted redistricting battle to the...
Finance secretary on state’s $692M hole: No ‘cutting your way out of this’
State leaders are expected to certify a $692 million estimated budget shortfall for the 2018 Fiscal Year, according to numbers announced this afternoon by Oklahoma Secretary of...
‘Peddle your gussied-up science denialism elsewhere’
FAIRFIELD BAY, Ark. — Here we are again, rolling our eyes at an editorial in The Oklahoman.
And we — the midwestern working class, humans...
In #oklaed Twittersphere, ‘fight fire with facts’
When I first came across The Whistle (@JusTheFaks) in the #oklaed Twittersphere, I was intrigued by his or her knowledge of school reform. So...
OKCPS principals’ conflict borne of legacy problems
I have been dreading this post.
I had hoped to sidestep the questions raised by Tim Willert’s article Monday regarding the criticism OKCPS principals and vice...
Maybe Oklahoma’s poor who need Medicaid can move to Arkansas
FAIRFIELD BAY, Ark. — I have taken the time to provide a summary of The Oklahoman editorial board's riveting drivel: Declining Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma proving...
GOP’s Calvey, Smalley tiff about Hofmeister future
What would bring leaders of Oklahoma's Republican Party to bicker publicly about one of their own?
Kevin Calvey (R-OKC) let it be known last week...
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...
