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Queens of Little Dixie: Fat Mary’s drag bar a ‘great’ show
(Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part series on the climate surrounding LGBT communities in southeastern Oklahoma. Part two was published Wednesday, June...
Vaccines protect children from deadly bacterial meningitis
(Correction: This commentary was updated at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13, to note that Oklahoma does require the meningococcal conjugate vaccine for college entry. NonDoc...
Commentary: Rep. Chuck Strohm calls for education reform, ignores facts
On April 5, Rep. Chuck Strohm used his blog to attack the Oklahoma Education Association and teachers who are currently seeking an increase in education...
Editorial: Be proud of ‘pride truck’ in rural Oklahoma
With a rainbow tailgate and the proclamation "Not all country boys are bigots / Happy pride month," a man's pickup truck in Hulbert, Oklahoma,...
‘Blame game’ intensifies on Classen SAS school name
Litigators live for the moment when a witness “opens the door” to cross examination on issues the attorney could not raise before they were...
A flood of news from Norman
(Editor's note: Cartoonist Mike Allen was a little busy being awesome this weekend, so your friendly editor in chief, Tres Savage, stepped in to...
The Ryan Walters Bible mandate begs a prayer for relief
After their 6-1 ruling this past week that a proposed Catholic charter school is unconstitutional, Oklahoma Supreme Court justices may be licking their chops...
Dr. Harvey Jenkins deserves his day in court
It’s a debate that has raged since mankind lived in caves and one that remains a daily topic of current radio and television talk programs:...
TV series highlights missteps in Julius Jones’ death penalty case
The Last Defense documentary series focuses on death row inmates who seem to be innocent. In episodes five through seven, the series presented a powerful case...
‘It’s sexy stuff’: Women reveal online dating nightmares
I believe it was two Tuesdays ago when I began asking a few friends about a NonDoc content idea: "What if people started telling us their...