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What if every Oklahoman bought a Powerball ticket?
With Oklahoma's current leadership declaring 2016 a revenue failure and facing a nearly $900 million shortfall for next year's budget, it's time to look somewhere else to fund...
Okie folksters rub elbows with Ani DiFranco in KCMO
Oklahoma traditionally has a high profile at the Folk Alliance International conference, and this year was no exception.
The 2017 installment also featured a high-profile special...
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...
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.
For...
Giant Woody Guthrie projected onto Oklahoma Capitol
This Capitol is your Capitol, this Capitol is my Capitol.
That's the bastardized ditty I hum to myself every time I experience plumbing problems and drive two miles...
Engineer: Education must be about more than grades
Recently, I responded to a student who had a question about his grade. He indicated a hesitation to remain in my class because he runs...
State rummage sale benefits DoC; bridges need help, too
At the beginning of this year, NonDoc contributor and former Oklahoma Gov. David Walters authored a commentary about the need for a Balance Sheet Commission....
Editorial: District attorneys push HB 1482 with poor logic
House Bill 1482 has caused quite a stir at the Oklahoma State Capitol since it passed a House committee 11-1 on Feb. 15. Numerous...
Sundaze: Reporting live from Mogadishu
Reporting from Mogaadishuuuuu…
By Kariuki wa Nyamu
Grenades are hurled! Bullets meet bullets, in
human raids and sink deep into flesh, as rifles take final assault!
Men perish...
Research: Cortisol turns some kids into time bombs
I had two big personal takeaways from the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Foundation's excellent conference on early childhood education Feb. 9 at the University...