Commentary
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The Bradford Pear needs to tone it down
The Bradford Pear tree has been in the news this spring, a lot. Just typing the name into Google results in pages and pages...
Norman photos: ‘Hate has no home’ in my town
I tell my East Coast and West Coast friends that I live on a blue island in a red sea. That is the political...
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...
Too fast or too slow? Criminal justice reform 50 years in making
To understand the scope of the crisis Oklahoma faces because we lead the nation — and the world — in incarceration, consider this: If Oklahoma...
Racism is more than hatred
In recent weeks, the Oklahoma City metro has seen a rash of racist vandalism. This is of course only the latest in a history...
Things go off the rails at the Oklahoma Capitol
When I see a quote like, "It's disappointing that politics and gamesmanship are getting in the way of policy" coming from the Oklahoma Capitol,...
Letter: Liquor manufacturers say respect Oklahoma voters
To the editors:
The recent article, Duopoly or pro-business? Shots taken in liquor distribution fight, neglected to include the perspective of manufacturers — those who would...
Policy Pitch: SB 1, HB 2484 would improve accountability
If you’re a regular reader of NonDoc, I’m going to venture a guess that you’re a pretty informed citizen. You probably have a good...
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...
‘Gargoyles of Notre Dame protect beyond flame’
To all the eyes that have
risen to Notre Dame
or fallen by blind fate;
swallows took sacred flight.
Eight centuries of history gone.
Church bells rang across Paris
as...
