Commentary
NonDoc.com serves as a responsible public forum for news and commentary. Our commentary section is open for public submission on a variety of topics. Promotional pieces are not accepted as commentary submissions.
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Life in Trump’s shadow: From Pruitt to Pizzagate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s almost unfathomable to watch it up close, the wholesale destruction of the bases of American political leadership.
Here in Washington, however,...
The Cybertruck: Weird, different and polarizing
Like many of the ideas that spring forth from the mind of Elon Musk, his new Cybertruck implies that some substances were involved in...
Introducing NonDoc’s endowment for journalism jobs
As the American media industry changes and historic newspaper operations shrink, how can civic-minded people ensure that Oklahoma community journalism endures, adapts and becomes...
Editorial: DJ Durkin the latest zit in college football’s unethical acne
Spotlighted by a brutal ESPN report about the culture of his program, Maryland head football coach DJ Durkin is the latest example of why...
How the Indoor Football League helped me cope with pandemic loneliness
The year is 2020, and the inner workings of COVID are still very much a mystery.
In a workplace-mandated effort to socially distance, I’m standing...
An American eavesdrops in a British pub
The conversation between two British couples at Eight Bells pub in the tiny village of Chipping Campden, England, had been going on for a...
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,...
Rose State professor: My migration on immigration
When I ran for the Oklahoma State Senate in 2010, one of the big issues in the campaign was illegal immigration. My opponent in...
Infrastructure bill will fuel perpetual construction
Progress is progress, so they say. But it doesn't always feel that way when you're stuck in construction traffic for half an hour.
Such is...
Happy hour: Salute NonDoc’s 8th birthday at Guyutes
During the past seven years of running NonDoc Media, I have had the pleasure of gathering with supporters and team members at local watering...