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.
UPDATE on HD97 runoff: Jason Lowe, Chris Harrison offer different narratives in ads
(Update: This story has been updated Aug. 22 to include additional information about the campaigns for HD 97 in northeast Oklahoma City.)
Both candidates in...
Turkish writer: Easier for Enes Kanter to become Enes Gülen in the U.S.
ISTANBUL — Enes Kanter, a center for the Oklahoma City Thunder, was recently disowned by his family for following and backing the so-called cleric Fethullah...
Q&A: Beer distributors’ president optimistic on SQ 792
In 1938, the Oklahoma Malt Beverage Association was founded. About 75 years later, the advocacy organization changed its name to the Beer Distributors of Oklahoma...
#OKRunoff roundup: Three GOP races in Tulsa area
(Editor’s Note: As with NonDoc’s #HotRaces series from June, time constraints and limited resources prohibit us from personally interviewing each of almost 30 candidates from Oklahoma’s ongoing...
‘Too much at stake’ to trust Trump’s foreign policies
In his famous 1947 article called The Sources of Soviet Conduct, diplomat and historian George Kennan sought to describe the way the Soviet Union...
Spectacle in SD 41: Paul Blair, Adam Pugh duke it out
(Editor’s Note: As with NonDoc’s #HotRaces series from June, time constraints and limited resources prohibit us from personally interviewing each of almost 30 candidates from Oklahoma’s ongoing...
Local GOPers aren’t ‘for Trump,’ they’re just anti-Hillary
I was recently asked by the Downtown Rotary Club 29 — the oldest civic organization in Oklahoma and the largest (incredibly) Rotary Club on the...
Before she ran: 25 times GOP praised Hillary Clinton
(Editor's note: This piece has been published in conjunction with another from the author.)
After moderating a recent debate for the local Rotary, I found myself...
Recidivism and reefer: Democrats vie for HD 16 in runoff
(Editor’s Note: As with NonDoc’s #HotRaces series from June, time constraints and limited resources prohibit us from personally interviewing each of almost 30 candidates from Oklahoma’s ongoing...
You can count an apple’s seeds but not the seed’s apples
Even if my colleagues disagree, they will understand why I believe that teaching high school history and government is the best job in what...
