Commentary
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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...
‘We can do better’: Americans for Prosperity pans Oklahoma tax plan
In late 2017, Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law the most sweeping tax reforms in a generation. And now, many Oklahomans...
‘Outdated structure’ makes schools suffer
Schools have always been a flashpoint for society’s cultural disagreements, but rhetoric in Oklahoma has recently grown heated. The combination of a financial crisis,...
Where the river goes: A tribute playlist for Scott Weiland
In light of vocalist and frontman Scott Weiland's unfortunate death Thursday night in Bloomington, Minn., NonDoc offers up this Spotify playlist as tribute to an...
Tulsa bound: ‘BIG 3 is basketball for basketball’s sake’
Jermaine O’Neal entered the NBA in 1996 and left the league in 2016. Far removed from his all-star days with the Indiana Pacers but...
Editorial: Oklahoma loosens grip on vices
After teachers filled the Oklahoma State Capitol this spring, they returned to classrooms having achieved a primary policy objective to move their state forward:...
It’s time to debate the time for Christmas season
When do we, in a modern, civilized society, start Christmas season? It's a debate as old as ... rampant consumerism has been associated with...
Limited broadband access jeopardizes mental health
The gap between those who have broadband access in Oklahoma and those who do not has been widening for a long time. It was...
Our series on ‘labor’ starts Tuesday
This may be a difficult way to say, "Happy Labor Day" and introduce an upcoming series of content, but here goes.
When Oklahoma Labor Commissioner...
WTF v. FTW: Church-state debate and criminal-justice reform
Checks and balances. Win some, lose some.
Following last week's advancement of two bills that potentially threaten Oklahomans' health in more ways than one, the...