Commentary
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Empire, a short story in eight chapters
I.
When you name a town Empire, you shouldn’t be surprised if it develops a god-complex. A church, a school, a cemetery, a dozen meth...
‘White silence is complicity’
TULSA — I hadn’t heard of the hashtag #whitechurchquiet until Wednesday night when I sat in the Metropolitan Baptist Church at a justice vigil for...
Mumps outbreak shows continued need for vaccination
The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports that the number of outbreak-associated mumps cases in the state has risen to 26 in September, with...
Oklahoma’s legislative term limits: ‘It seemed like a good idea’
In 1990, Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved State Question 632 to impose term limits on the service of legislators. The constitutional amendment, which received 67...
Education reform: Title I funds only part of the solution
I described the complexities of school funding and why the simplistic criticisms of local and state education systems are unjustified in a previous post here...
Editorial: Tulsa officer Betty Shelby must be prosecuted
Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby is quite fucked. But things could be worse. She could be Terence Crutcher, who is dead.
That is to say,...
Counterpoint: Sen. Kyle Loveless opposes SQ 779
(Editor's Note: NonDoc asked two sitting Republican state senators to author Point/Counterpoint commentaries on State Question 779, which would add $0.01 to the state's...
Point: Sen. Brian Crain urges citizens to vote for SQ 779
(Editor's Note: NonDoc asked two sitting Republican state senators to author Point/Counterpoint commentaries on State Question 779, which would ad $0.01 to the state's...
Trump Train rolls into Norman, spectacle ensues
The wacky, frightening and confrontational 2016 presidential election bled into my childhood Saturday when Donald Trump held a fundraiser two blocks from where I...
Sundaze: Sign drama & an equation with consequences
An equation with consequences
How to elect a fascist
(or) The Unified Theory of Mistakes
by Gary Reddin
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual...
