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.
Early education? Great! After that, not so much
Oklahoma has always had a surplus of weird paradoxes. We exhibit so many contradictions that even the most important of them can get overlooked.
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Citing safety, OMES prohibits projecting artwork on Capitol tarps
(Editor's note: This post has been updated to include comment from Jack Fowler.)
The Office of Management and Enterprise Services released a statement this afternoon...
ACLU at Patrick Wyrick hearing: ‘There is a wrong here’
Referencing the dust bowl, Robert Redford and Leonardo DiCaprio, special assistant attorney general Neal Leader argued vociferously this morning that Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice...
Rev. Walke’s ‘Pocket Guide to Christian Lawmaking’
On Nov. 17, 2016, I was in the gallery of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives to watch my husband, along with 100 other...
Even as minority populations grow, representation lags
Minorities make up a small fraction of every level of government. According to a 2014 study by Women Donors Network, "Just 10 percent of...
Gov. Fallin’s tax plan deserves an I, for incomplete
When Gov. Mary Fallin delivered her annual State of the State address to the Oklahoma Legislature on Feb. 6, the topic on everyone’s mind was...
Private vo-tech schools can offer students dubious value
What thought comes to mind when someone tells you they went to Harvard? How about the University of Oklahoma? Or Oklahoma State University? Or...
Here’s how HB 1482 would affect the Tulsa area
Last Monday, NonDoc published an editorial about Rep. Scott Biggs' (R-Chickasha) contentious piece of legislation, HB 1482.
The bill would essentially make simple drug possession a possible...
Confederate flag rally touts heritage, ignores reality
SHAWNEE, Oklahoma — I have more than a half-dozen direct ancestors who lived in Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi and fought for the South....
Exposure: The difference between engineers, criminals
I came home the other day and found a space station sitting on my living room floor. My wife informed me that our son...
