Commentary
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2018 elections: The real issue at heart of Step Up plan
I went to Feb. 12's teacher rally for the (eventually failed) vote on Step Up Oklahoma. I wanted to listen to our elected leaders...
Letter: Will sell my spirit and soul for food
To the editors:
Most Saturday mornings since last June, I've been going to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, a huge warehouse that collects enormous quantities...
Letter: Oklahoma’s ‘disgraceful band of hypocrites’
To the editors:
I couldn't agree more with Mr. Savage's Feb. 9 commentary regarding Oklahoma's congressional delegation. They are a disgraceful band of hypocrites touting family...
Photos: Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade
I'm old enough to remember segregation. My family lived in Sedalia, Missouri, in the early 1960s. It was well after Brown v. Board of...
The NonDoc ‘Blame it all on our roots’ Norman party
While the NonDoc world headquarters is located in Oklahoma City, our roots trace back to Norman. Each of our co-owners met in Norman and...
Breath vs Bullets: A poem for America
Breath vs Bullets
by James Coburn
Children breathe against a gunman
their only defense.
We breathe facing weapons —
free to exhale smoke
from pierced lungs.
A gun is free to...
OKC’s Gold Dome deserves a success story
I just want to take a moment to talk about how much I like the gold dome building on Northwest 23rd Street.
What was once...
Editorial: Shuffle onward, Oklahoma
Oklahomans are good at making do with less than they would like to have. Call it a historical holdover seared into Okie genetics by the...
Florida school shooting: Make compassion our first response
Saturday morning I woke up and knew two things for sure: I felt angry, and I felt powerless. On Valentine’s Day, three days prior,...
Pumping iron by ranking OKC hamburgers
There's a political joke in here, but forget about all that and let's talk about OKC hamburgers.
I made a New Year's resolution to exercise...