Commentary
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Trumpdaze: An ‘Unstoppable force’
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual art and other ideas pitched by creatives in Oklahoma and around the world....
deadCenter award winner ‘You People’ blazes socially conscious trail
deadCenter Film Festival has grown in the seven years since I last attended. So has the OKC metro area. Not in leaps and bounds,...
Jack Fowler: ‘NonDoc is exactly what we need right now’
The only thing more obnoxious than people yelling, "Fake news!" is the idea that some of the news we ingest on a daily basis...
Exciting crossover movies after Disney bought Fox
By far the biggest news this week in the world of pop culture was the Disney purchase of 21st Century Fox's assets. There is a...
After gun scare, we owe OKCPS students a listen
Last week, eighth graders (yes, eighth graders!) led a walkout at John Marshall Mid-High protesting gun violence. According to NewsOK, about 200 students engaged...
Editorial: #okleg should stay focused on state budget
The Oklahoma Legislature has filed 1,953 bills for the 2018 regular session. Gov. Mary Fallin also has expanded the scope of the state's current...
Trump leads new Republican Party, demise of Dems
(Editor's note: The author was part of Donald Trump's early Oklahoma leadership team.)
Quick, give me the top things you remember from the presidential campaigns of...
Editorial: Oklahoma’s higher education system must consider optics
When we published longtime Capitol reporter Jeff Packham's news story on Oklahoma's higher-education budget cuts last week, we were glad to see so many...
Listen to our youth when shaping their futures
From family histories to national narratives, the tales we tell are powerful and potent things. Ironically, we often see stories as something for children,...
Letter: OU’s COVID-19 officer reiterates campus details
To the editors:
I read through Wendy Weitzel's article "COVID-19 on campus: An OU student shares her experience with the virus" and enjoyed the discussion...