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Trump’s popularity swells on ‘tide of distraction’
(Editor’s Note: Vital Conversations is a running series of commentaries from various faith leaders. The series is sponsored by Phillips Theological Seminary, though contributions...
Immigrant students burdened with baggage, pressures
Working with English second language (ESL) students at Putnam City High as their graduation coach has been a roller coaster of emotions and contradictions....
Editorial: Election-year fears boost red meat policy bills
With the Legislature adjourning May 3 ahead of schedule, more than three-dozen incumbent Republicans have about seven weeks to work their districts and try...
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...
Sundaze: Kill the numb
(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....
U.S. Rep. Russell’s Waste Watch report a ‘publicity stunt’
Congressman Steve Russell’s latest Waste Watch “report” proves the timeless maxim: Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
In reviewing the June installment...
Editorial: The argument against lowering legislator pay
In a political climate charged with anger against Oklahoma's recent legislative shortcomings, it might seem popular to punish lawmakers by reducing their annual salaries,...
The Funeral: ‘They called him Bug’
The Funeral
by Daryl Ross Halencak
They called him Bug.
This flatlander was buried in a field full of blowing sand.
In this area, the poor had its...
Welcome to the whirlwind of graduation season
Spring is a time for new beginnings. The plants are growing, the birds are chirping, and the temperatures are just about perfect. Young people...
Filter: Putin gives Trump a special elf on the shelf
And the hits keep on coming. SNL continues its campaign against POTUS-elect Donald Trump via Alec Baldwin's increasingly grotesque caricatures.
A silver-haired John Goodman adds to...
